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STF Busts Illegal Arms Racket, 2 Punjab Men Held
Hindustan Times Amritsar
|March 07, 2025
The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh police has arrested two accused involved in trafficking firearms from Punjab to Uttar Pradesh.
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MEERUT:
The operation, conducted by the STF field unit in Meerut, led to the arrest of Gurvinder Jeet Singh and Sejhpal Singh, both residents of Punjab.
Bills and gun licences linked to illegal transactions were recovered from the two, said superintendent of police (SP), STF Meerut unit, Brijesh Kumar Singh.
The STF had been tracking the activities of organised arms traffickers operating in western Uttar Pradesh.
This story is from the March 07, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Amritsar.
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