Two arrested for smuggling ammunition

Two men were arrested for allegedly smuggling ammunition from Uttar Pradesh to criminals in Delhi and the National Capital Region, police said today.
Mahipal (42) was arrested on November 16. He led the police to his supplier and a gun house owner Sandeep Yadav (25) in Uttar Pradesh who was arrested the next day, Deputy Commissioner of Police (special cell) P S Kushwah said.
The police seized 1,310 live illegal cartridges from their possession.
During interrogation, the official said that Yadav revealed that the gun house license was in the name of his brother.
He came into the contact of several criminals of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and started supplying illegal ammunitions tothem on higher prices for over three years, he said.

More than 20,000 cartridges were supplied to criminals in Deelhi and Uttar Pradesh during these years, Kushwah said, adding an investigation is underway.