Archive · 24 May 2025
Odisha STF Arrests Bihar Firearms Trader in Illegal Arms Case
The police arrested a man named Mohammed Aslam in Bihar.
He's accused of being part of a group that makes and sells illegal guns.
The police found a factory in Cuttack, India, where they were making the guns.
They caught some other people from the same area earlier, and after talking to them, they found out about Aslam.
The police seized a lot of gun parts and machines used to make the guns, like parts for 7mm pistols.
The STF arrested Mohammed Aslam, a firearms trader from Munger, Bihar.
Aslam was arrested for alleged links to an illegal weapons network.
The network was busted in Cuttack, Odisha, in March.
Four inter-state criminals from Munger were previously arrested in connection to the case.
Seized items include gun parts, manufacturing equipment for 7mm pistols.
- Who
- The STF arrested Mohammed Aslam, a firearms trader from Munger.
- What
- The arrest of a firearms trader linked to an illegal weapons network.
- When
- March and the Friday of the report.
- Where
- Cuttack, Odisha; Munger, Bihar
- Why
- To investigate and dismantle an illegal weapons network.
- Accused
- Mohammed Aslam (50)
- Accused's Location
- Munger, Bihar
- Illegal Arms Manufacturing Unit Busted
- Cuttack, Odisha
- Cuttack Operation
- March
- Seized Materials
- 7mm pistol parts
- Investigating Agency
- STF