Man held with 4 pistols, cartridges in Thane | Mumbai Information – The Occasions of India

Thane: Police have arrested a 20-year-old man after seizing 4 country-made pistols and reside cartridges he was carrying illegally in Maharashtra’s Thane district, an official stated on Tuesday. A member of the police’s anti-narcotics cell seen the accused, Sohil Beig Sorab Beig Mirza, behaving suspiciously and intercepted him within the Vehle-Batale of Bhiwandi city on Monday, an official from Narpoli police station stated. Throughout a search of the accused, the police discovered firearms in his possession.“We seized 4 country-made pistols and 4 reside cartridges valued at round Rs 4 lakh from the accused,” the official stated. The accused, a resident of Bhind district in Madhya Pradesh, was instantly taken into custody and an FIR was registered in opposition to him beneath related provisions of the Arms Act. The police have been investigating how the accused procured the weapons and whether or not they have been meant to be provided or used for any felony exercise, the official added