Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, July 11: In a significant breakthrough, Samba police has uncovered a criminal network involved in the illegal arms trade, following a tip-off from reliable sources in the jurisdiction of Police Station (PS) Vijaypur.
Acting on credible information regarding a suspect, identified as Kaif Ahmed, son of Shami Ahmed, resident of Barharia near Masjid Barharia, Siwan, Bihar, and a student at Central University Jammu (Rahya), has been orchestrating the illegal trafficking of firearms and transporting weapons—specifically pistols and Katta—from Bihar and selling them to local criminals returning from Bihar with illicit arms.
Police team of PS Vijaypur has arrested the accused. In this regard, a case FIR No. 71/2025 U/S 3/25 Arms Act has been registered at Vijaypur Police Station and investigation started.
During the course of investigation, police have successfully recovered one country-made pistol from the possession of the accused, based on his disclosure. Further investigation into the case is going on.
The operation was conducted under the overall supervision of SSP Samba, Virinder Manhas.
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