Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 14 (ANI): An interstate arms supply gang has been busted and five people have been detained in Odisha's Bhubanweswar, a senior police officer said on Saturday.

Commissioner of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police (BCCP), Suresh Dev Datta Singh, told ANI on Saturday that three belong to Uttar Pradesh's Ballia and one each from Madhya Pradesh's Bind and Cuttack's Salepur.

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"Under BCCP's Airport PS area, an interstate arms supply gang has been busted. Six firearms were seized from them, and five people have been detained".

These locals had come to take delivery of an assignment, which they would supply further, he said, adding, " They were living in a house in Jatni and supplying arms from there"

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Four semi-automatic pistols, a six-round revolver, a single-shot weapon, live ammunition, and a car were seized from them, the police officer added.

"We are investigating their forward and backwards linkages... They were supplying throughout Odisha. It is a big racket..."

In a similar operation on Thursday, Amritsar Rural Police have busted an illegal Arms smuggling module and arrested four operatives along with the recovery of nine weapons, officials said.

In a post on X, the DGP Punjab Police said, "In an intelligence-led operation, Amritsar Rural Police busts an illegal Arms smuggling module linked to #Italy based Gurpreet Singh @ Gopy working in close coordination with #Pakistan-based smugglers and arrests four operatives and recovers 9 weapons. Further investigation is underway to trace the supply routes, identify additional accomplices, and establish deeper linkages with foreign handlers. An FIR is registered under Arms Act and NDPS Act, PS Gharinda." (ANI)

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