The Jharkhand Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested three individuals in Deoghar and seized a US-made pistol, acting on a tip-off about illegal foreign weapons dealing.
The Jharkhand Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested three individuals in Deoghar and seized a US-made pistol during an operation in the Town police station area.
Punjab Police have dismantled a cross-border arms smuggling operation, arresting two individuals and seizing a cache of foreign-made pistols intended for distribution among criminals in the state.
Security agencies in Manipur are investigating an arms smuggling racket originating from Myanmar, with potential nationwide implications. The probe follows the arrest of a senior leader from a Valley-based Insurgent Group (VBIG).
Top Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Kaiser Koka was among two ultras killed.
'Ajit Doval said, "They are threatening us now".'
'We began hitting Kasab hard.' 'In the melee it struck me that the man we were beating to pulp should remain alive.'
Russian AK series rifles, South African Under Barrel Grenade Launchers and Israeli snipers seem to be favourites of Indian militants as a large number of them have been seized by the Central Reserve Police Force in the recent past in different parts of the country. The CRPF, in its operations against Naxals and militants, has seized 1,714 arms, which include Belgium-made gas and sten gun, China-made pistols, US- made SMG Thomson, MIUS and .22 rifles.
Police have already arrested Bikramjit Singh, an operative of militant organisation Khalistan Liberation Force who was allegedly driving the motorcycle on that day.
The JeM terrorists also carried 'armoured piercing steel core ammunition' which can go through Level 3 protection bulletproof vehicles that police and other security forces use, they said. The ammunition was in large quantity and could have posed a grave threat, top police officials said.
A grenade-dropping drone, 3D fly-on-the-wall radar to see through a 20-m-thick wall and a 'dogo robot' armed with remote pistol are some of the latest weaponry provided to the National Security Guard to undertake lethal counter-terror operations with a punch of stealth.
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