Illegal mini arms factory busted in joint raid by Bihar STF, Sahibganj police

In a joint operation, the Sahibganj police and Bihar Special Task Force STF busted an illegal mini-arms factory in Jharkhands Sahibganj district, an officer said on Thursday. On his confession, we conducted a raid at a place in Ranga and recovered lathe machines used for preparing weapons and other materials, the police officer said.

In a joint operation, the Sahibganj police and Bihar Special Task Force (STF) busted an illegal mini-arms factory in Jharkhand's Sahibganj district, an officer said on Thursday. Sahibganj Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar told PTI on Thursday that the joint operation of the Bihar STF and Sahibganj police began on Wednesday late at night and is still continuing. ''So far, we have nabbed the main accused, identified as Pervez Islam, from Munger district in Bihar. On his confession, we conducted a raid at a place in Ranga and recovered lathe machines used for preparing weapons and other materials,'' the police officer said. The police officer said that over a dozen illegal semi-finished weapons, three lathe machines and other equipment such as iron melting furnaces, have been seized by the police in the raid. ''We are conducting more raids to nab more accused in the case, and we might recover more illegal weapons soon,'' the SP added.