Tripura woman arrested with pistol, live cartridges, drugs
The woman has been booked under Arms Act and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
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Nearly three weeks ago, eight pistols and 16 empty magazines were recovered from an express train in Agartala railway station.A 25-year-old woman, who possessed pistol and contraband items, was arrested on Friday in North Tripura district.
The woman, identified as Mamoni Begum, was nabbed during a raid at the house of her husband, Helal Miah, at Bhagyapur of Dharmanagar.
Acting on a tip off, a police team headed by Additional Superintendent of Police Jeremiah Darlong recovered a pistol, four live cartridges and 7,800 yaba tablets worth Rs 20 lakh from Begum’s possession.
“We arrested her and a case was registered against her under the Arms Act and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The police are interrogating the woman to know from where she collected the pistol and for what purpose,” North Tripura District Superintendent of Police Avinash Rai told reporters.
Nearly three weeks ago, eight pistols and 16 empty magazines were recovered from an express train in Agartala railway station.
The operation was conducted with the joint initiative of the Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) during their routine security check of the Firozpur-Agartala bound Tripura Sundari Express train.
The recovered pistols are all factory-made and smaller in size than the 9 mm service pistols.
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