A Commissionerate police special squad on Wednesday busted a clandestine arms racket and arrested a gunrunner from the Old Station Bazaar area under the Laxmisagar police station.
The accused was identified as Sangram Nath alias Badal, a resident of Bhimatangi Housing Board Colony under the Airfield police station here. Police seized three 9mm pistols and a country made gun, magazines and some bullets from his possession.
Police said they were tipped off about the habitual offender arriving here by the Howrah-Chennai Express. A trap was laid and Sangram was arrested with the arms and ammunition. The accused has several cases registered against him in various police stations here, added a police official.
The accused used to procure illegal firearms from Bihar’s Munger district for Rs 14,000 or Rs 15,000 and sell those for Rs 30,000 to buyers in Bhubaneswar, Puri and Khordha , police said.
