Interstate syndicate of illegal arms supplier arrested, 20 country-made pistols recovered

Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted an interstate syndicate of illegal arms suppliers by arresting two persons - Prem Pal Singh and Avnesh Babu. Twenty countrymade pistols of 0.32 bore and 6 live cartridges have been recovered by the crime branch.

ARREST AFTER COPS RECEIVED PRIOR INFO

Keeping in view the alarming trend of the use of illegal firearms by the criminals while committing crimes, Crime Branch teams were tasked to take action against the gangs supplying illegal arms in Delhi. Police received an information that several gangs based in UP and MP were involved in the supplies of sophisticated illegal arms to the gangsters and criminals of Delhi and NCR.

The surveillance yielded result and on September 28, a specific information was received that Prem Pal, leader of one of the syndicate operating in UP, would come to deliver huge consignment of arms to one of his contacts near Ganda Nala Najafgarh-Uttam Nagar, Dwaraka Delhi. The police team laid a trap and Prem Pal was arrested from the designated place.

With the growing demand of sophisticated firearms in UP and Delhi and NCR, Pal expanded his business. He made contacts with the suppliers of Khargone and Dhar in MP and Jalesar, Aligarh in UP. The payment would be deposited in advance by him in the bank account of the supplier and then the arms would be delivered to him through carriers. He would then sell these illegal arms at good margin in Delhi and NCR area through Avnesh Babu.

PAL WAS ARRESTED EARLIER ALSO

Many known criminals of Delhi were in contact with him. In 2014 also, he alongwith two other persons, was arrested in Delhi with 8 illegal pistols. He would get the pistol at Rs 10,000 and would sell these around Rs 15,000 per piece, thus earning around Rs 5,000 on each transaction.