Bhubaneswar, March 14 -- The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police has seized an illegal gun factory and arrested four interstate criminals for manufacturing and possessing illegal firearms.

According to STF sources on Friday, based on intelligence inputs regarding the manufacturing and possession of illegal firearms by some interstate criminals in Bada Dhuleshwar under Baialisi Mouza Police Station in Cuttack district, a team of STF officers, with assistance from Cuttack UPD Police, conducted a raid in the early hours of March 13.

During the raid, the STF team discovered an illegal arms manufacturing unit operating inside the house of Sarat Chandra Yadav in Bada Dhuleshwar village, Cuttack district.

Upon searching the premises, a la...