Kolkata, Feb. 17 -- The special task force (STF) unit of the West Bengal police arrested five people between Friday and Sunday for allegedly smuggling ammunition, officials aware of the matter said on Sunday.
NC Daw and Company, a 100-year-old gun shop located within 200m of the Kolkata police headquarters at Lalbazar, was searched and sealed on Saturday evening, hours after one of its employees was arrested and were asked to appear before the investigators on Monday.
"The home of Haji Rashid Molla, a businessman residing at Jibantala in South 24 Parganas district, was raided on Friday and 190 rounds of 7.65mm pistol cartridge made by the Indian Ordnance Factory was seized from the house along with a 12-bore shotgun and nine shells meant ...