Arms trafficker duo held from Bagdah, North 24 Pargana
The CID has arrested two arms trafficker from Ashua bus terminus on Bangaon-Bagdah Road near the Indo-Bangladesh border on Tuesday afternoon. The arrested, identified as Taliq Mandal and Salim Mandal, hail from Jamalpur in Bihar. Two 9mm revolvers, 4 revolvers, 7 one shotters and 44 rounds of cartridges have been recovered from them. The traffickers used to sell the Bihar-made arms in local markets.
According to sources, the arms syndicate is active along places like Ashua, Banshghata, Amdoba close to the Indo-Bangladesh border. Few months back the BSF arrested an arms trafficker from the region. On 13th July, 2007, the BSF arrested one Noor Islam, who is allegedly linked to HuJI and was involved in smuggling RDX across the border.
Source: Anandabazar Patrika [25-02-2009]
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