PATNA: A joint team of special task force (STF) and police arrested three people in Khagaria on Tuesday and seized 199 live cartridges, four country-made semiautomatic pistols and three extra magazines from their possession. The consignment was being smuggled to poll-bound West Bengal.
Three people – Mohd Abu Salim of Malda, Pintu Yadav and Roushan Kumar (both from Khagaria) – were arrested. According to police, Salim was supposed to take the consignment to West Bengal. Pintu and Roushan, on the other hand, had brought the consignment to Khagaria from Munger. Four cellphones, a motorcycle and Rs 1,900 in cash were also seized from the possession of the arrested people.