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Cops recover 1,310 live cartridges

According to police, the accused have been identified as Sandeep Yadav and Mahipal who allegedly ran a gun house in Aligarh and supplied live cartridges to people in many states

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The special cell of Delhi police have arrested two interstate criminals involved in supplying ammunition to several states from Akrabad, Aligarh on Friday. In the arrest, police have recovered a total of 1,310 live cartridges of 315 bore and 32 bore) from their possession.

According to police, the accused have been identified as Sandeep Yadav (25) and Mahipal (42) who allegedly ran a gun house in Aligarh and supplied live cartridges to people in many states.

“In the recent past, large quantity of illegal arms has been recovered by police forces in Delhi NCR. During the interrogation of arrested accused as well recoveries in the past, it was observed that criminals are procuring the ammunition from the gun houses,” said PS Kushwah, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell).

Police received a tip-off on Thursday that an ammunition supplier would be arriving in Delhi to supply ammunition to criminals located in North-East Delhi.

A trap was laid and Mahipal was nabbed from Wazirabad area. Around 360 live cartridges of .315 bore and .32 bore were found in his rucksack.

“During interrogation, the accused disclosed that along with his associates he was supplying ammunition to the criminals of Delhi and NCR for the last three years. He further disclosed that they used to procure these illegal ammunition from one Sandeep Yadav, who is running a Gun House in Akrabad, Aligarh UP,” Kushwah added.

Following the information provided by the accused Mahipal, another accused Sandeep Yadav was also arrested from Akrabad, Aligarh (UP) on Friday and 950 more live illegal cartridges of .32 and .315 bore were recovered from his possession.

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