The Jejuri police have arrested three persons for illegal possession of a firearm and ganja.
The accused were apprehended by a team of Jejuri detection branch officials near Borwadi phata on Jejuri-Nira road on Friday.
The arrested accused have been identified as Rahul Anna Rohile (23), a resident of Dombivli, Sumed Ravindra Kasabe (25), a resident of Dombivli and Rajendra Gawade (22), a resident from Rahata tehsil of Ahmednagar.
Assistant police inspector Ankush Mane said, “The accused were in a car bearing number MH 14 D Q 5858 when the police station staffers received a tip-off about them scheduled to arrive at Borwadi phata. A trap was laid and they were arrested in possession of firearm and ganja estimated to be worth Rs 1 lakh.”
According to the police, the trio operated like a gang and often indulged in petty crimes ranging from ganja peddling to supplying firearms to criminals from different districts.
“We are trying to establish if they have inter-state links and their modus operandi in supplying contraband in different parts of the city and the district,” Mane said.