18 pistols seized in Patiala; 1 held

Police have arrested an arms dealer of Ferozepur after 18 foreign made pistols were seized from his possession. Police said the arrested dealer was identified as Vaneet Dabra.

Police have arrested an arms dealer of Ferozepur after 18 foreign made pistols were seized from his possession.

HT Image

Inspector general of police Patiala zone Paramjeet Singh Gill said on Sunday that the arrested dealer was identified as Vaneet Dabra.

Gill said Dabra, alongwith accomplices, was involved in the smuggling of imported arms for quiet sometime and supplied it in Punjab with forged documents.

Dabra was arrested during the routine checking at Rajpura and case has been registered under sections 420, 467, 468, 471 of IPC and 25/54/59 of arms act.