Illegal arms factory busted in Bengal, two held

Kolkata Jan 10 (IANS) An illegal arms factory along with a larage cache of arms has unearthed in West Bengal s North 24 Parganas and two persons arrested police said on Wednesday.

Nine firearms along with manufacturing equipment were seized after the police unearthed the temporary factory inside a mango orchard in Ashoknagar on Tuesday.

"Acting on specific information we intercepted a person named Sudam Majumdar from Kumulia and seized nine firearms from him.

"During the interrogation he admitted making them locally " a senior district police officer said.

"We arrested another person involved in arms manufacturing based on Majumdar s inputs. The factory was a makeshift arrangement inside tents.

"Large cache of raw materials were also seized from the spot " he added.

The two accused would be produced at the Barasat District Court on Wednesday later.

--IANS
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