India, April 11 -- The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Thursday arrested 16 more people in connection with its ongoing investigation into the fake arms licences case unearthed over the past week, police said.

An ATS statement said ATS carried out coordinated raids across the state on Thursday that led to the arrest of 16 suspects, seizure of 15 illegal weapons and 489 live cartridges.

"These licences were allegedly arranged through arms dealers based in Haryana, including Soukat Ali, Faruq Ali, Sohim Ali, and Asif. The accused paid large amounts-ranging from Rs.50,000 to over Rs.10 lakh-to procure the forged documents and purchase weapons legally from those states before bringing them into Gujarat," said a police officer, requesti...