PATNA: Three arms smugglers were arrested with one AK-47 assault rifle and four magazines near Purabsarai railway station under the Kotwali police station area in
Munger
on Wednesday. The AK-47 was smuggled from the Central Ordnance Depot (COD) at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh.
Munger SP Gaurav Mangla said the smugglers were identified as Tausif Imam alias Rizwi, Mohammad Irshad Ahmed and Satyam Kumar.
"Police also recovered one musket, four live cartridges, one country-made pistol, three cellphones and Rs50,000 from their possession," he said.
"While Imam and Ahmed are natives of Azad Colony under the Kotwali police station area in Munger, Kumar belongs to Sabdalpur under the Sahebpur Kamal police station area in Begusarai district," Mangla added.
Altogether 22 AK-47s smuggled from Jabalpur have so far been seized in Munger since August 29 this year.
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