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Nashik Police Foil Plot to Sell Country-Made Pistols
Police in Nashik received information that three men planned to sell illegal pistols.
They set a trap in the Ghadge Nagar area.
The trap was carried out on Friday, September 25.
Police arrested all three men.
Each man allegedly had one country-made pistol and one live cartridge.
Altogether, officers found three pistols and three cartridges.
The seized items were valued at ₹2.15 lakh.
A case was filed under the Arms Act.
Nashik City’s Anti-Gunda Squad arrested three men in Ghadge Nagar on Friday, September 25.
Police seized three country-made pistols and three live cartridges valued at ₹2.15 lakh.
The suspects were allegedly in the area to sell the weapons.
A trap was laid in an open space opposite Vadjai Mata Nagar after police received a tip-off.
A case was registered at Panchvati Police Station under the Arms Act.
- Who
- Nashik City’s Anti-Gunda Squad arrested three men from the Panchvati and Makhmalabad Road areas.
- What
- The men were arrested and three country-made pistols and three live cartridges were seized.
- Where
- Ghadge Nagar, along the Panchvati-Makhmalabad Road, near Vadjai Mata Nagar, Nashik.
- When
- Friday, September 25.
- Why
- Police acted on a tip-off that the men were coming to sell country-made pistols.
Key facts
- Arrests
- Three men
- Weapons seized
- Three country-made pistols
- Ammunition seized
- Three live cartridges
- Estimated value
- ₹2.15 lakh
- Operation area
- Ghadge Nagar along Panchvati-Makhmalabad Road
- Police station
- Panchvati Police Station
- Law invoked
- Arms Act
Sources
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