Huge cache of arms seized in West Midnapore

Huge cache of arms and ammunition were seized today by security forces from different places, including one from a CPI(M) leader's house in West Midnapore district, police said.

Huge cache of arms and ammunition were seized on Friday by security forces from different places, including one from a CPI(M) leader's house in West Midnapore district, police said.

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In Garbeta area, villagers attacked CPI(M) leader Tapan Ghosh's house and informed police, who found a small assembling unit for guns, they said.

1000 round of bullets, twelve .99 mm pistols, 2 rifles and a handmade pistol were among the recoveries, police said .

Four guns were found in Kotwali's Angua area, eight from a feild in Jhargram's Boita while another two guns were found in Keshpur's Charka area, they added.