Bengal STF seizes 15 firearms, 56 cartridges in Andal raid

The police in West Bengal found a hidden stash of guns and bullets.

They found the stash in old, empty houses that belonged to a coal company called Eastern Coalfields Limited.

Two men arrested earlier for stealing coal helped lead the police to the hiding place.

The men are Shamsher Hossain and Khairul Alam Choudhary.

The police found 15 guns and 56 bullets in total.

The guns included pistols, revolvers, and simple homemade pipe guns.

Now the police think the men may also have been selling guns illegally.

Stealing and selling coal is a big problem in this part of India.

Big police agencies are also looking into coal smuggling in West Bengal and Jharkhand.

The two men will be questioned again to learn more about their possible gun business.