Four mini gun factories were today unearthed and six persons involved in manufacturing illegal firearms and supplying them to naxalite outfits in Jharkhand arrested here, police said.
Superintendent of police M Sunil Naiak told reporters that the police today arrested two arms smugglers, Chetlal and Kundan, for supplying firearms to naxalites in Jharkhand.
The SP said Chetlal and Kundan were hardcore naxalites and wanted by the Jharkhand police in connection with several cases of naxalite activities.
Naiak said both Chetlal and Kundan were involved in smuggling of firearms, including machine guns from Nagaland and supplying the weapons to naxalites in Jharkhand.
Two 9 mm pistols and 30 rounds of live cartridges were recovered from their possession, the police said.
During interrogation, they provided vital information about their modus-operandi and on the basis of information supplied by them, the police raided Bardah village in Munger district and unearthed four mini gun factories and seized 17 country made pistols and equipment used for making firearms.
Those arrested by the police have been identified as Md Saddam, Tanvir, Md. Shakeer, Md. Parvez and Md. Heera.
Five of the arrested persons were minors, the SP said.
