: A dairy owner, his driver and an employee working at his house and dairy were among three alleged members of an interstate arms-smuggling network arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Saharanpur, with the agency claiming that the trio had been procuring firearms and ammunition from Punjab and supplying them across western Uttar Pradesh for the past two years.
The operation followed intelligence inputs received over the past few days about an interstate gang active in illegal arms trafficking in western UP. The three suspects — Asad, Ikram and Danish, all from Saharanpur district — were arrested around 6.40pm on Thursday from an orchard on the road from Bijli Ghar Tiraha towards Sherpur Pailo in Mirzapur police station area.
The STF said they were allegedly planning to sell the weapons when its team intercepted them. The STF said the trio was allegedly preparing to make another arms deal when they were arrested.
