Members of inter-state illegal arms smuggling gang held in Lucknow on Sunday
Lucknow: The UP Special Task Force (STF) arrested two members of an inter-state illegal arms smuggling gang in Lucknow on Sunday and recovered five illegal firearms, ₹1,340 in cash and two bags from their possession. The arrests were made around 1.30 am on Oct 4 on the Ahimamau service road near Amara Farm turn, under Sushant Golf City police station in Lucknow, according to the STF. The recovery included two illegal 9 mm pistols, two illegal .32-bore pistols and one illegal country-made .315-bore firearm.
The accused have been identified as Amarjeet Yadav, a resident of Mahmoodpur village under Baldirai police station in Sultanpur district and Naushad , a resident of Kariyana locality in Dostpur town of Sultanpur. Acting on specific information that two men had arrived in Lucknow to trade illegal firearms, an STF team, working alongside personnel from the Ahimamau police outpost under Sushant Golf City police station, intercepted and arrested the suspects.