99 pistols meant for criminals seized by police, two arreste

[spin_drift]

99 pistols meant for criminals seized by police, two arrested

In a major catch, the Delhi Police has seized 99 pistols meant for various criminal gangs operating in and around the national capital.

Two men — one identified by his second name Mishra and Firoz Alam — were arrested from Sonia Vihar area in New Delhi on Tuesday evening along with the cache of weapons concealed in the car used by them, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.

“The pistols were kept in cavities created behind the headlights of the car. The weapons were made in Bihar’s Munger district. The two arrested persons also hail from the same district,” he said.

Munger has lately emerged as the hub of contraband weapons in the country, with pistols manufactured in the illegal factories there even founding their way to Indian Mujahideen terrorists, police sources said.

Earlier, investigators had recovered illegal weapons made in Munger from the five persons arrested in connection with Pune blasts. They had allegedly told the police that they had bought the weapons from Munger.

On terrorists going for country—made weapons, an official had claimed, “A country—made pistol manufactured in Munger was as good as a sophisticated one.”

According to him, 130 pistols made in Munger were seized by the Delhi Police last year while the figure for this year stands at about 60.

Costing somewhere between Rs 15,000 and Rs 20,000, there is a demand for Munger weapons in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, the national capital and adjoining areas and Bangladesh.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Del ... 923508.ece

[casual shooter]

finishing is better than our world class IOF ashani, quality dont know, rehabilitate them employ them in OFB

[dev]

Jeez these desi Sig/Hk types look better. wish the OFB learns from them.

[inplainsight]

Wow. These actually look better than the IOF pistols!

[inplainsight]

Here is a video. http://www.youtube.com/embed/ezJ6rl88mw8

How did they manage to fit 99 pistols in the 'headlight' of an ambassador car?

[karmveer]

As 1000 peoples fit's in local trains general berth
ha ha ha

[tiwariarrun]

They could make more money by manufacturing air guns ethically.

[marksman]

No way. This pic seems to be of an original pistol to make an interesting reading.Our news guys are notoriously famous for inserting gun pictures downloaded from the net. Why would Mungerians make them with ambidextrous safeties and square breeches. It's also finished in some kind of special coating used abroad against rusting, not unlike Duracoat or something.
If one sees the picture carefully, one will also notice the Browning logo on the top of the grip and part of the original oyster type box under it as well.

Marksman


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[Biren]

With huge difference in International vs domestic prices where is the need to manufacture...with porus borders.. simple route is to summugle.. who knows.. what actually going

[AgentDoubleS]

Notice what it says below the photo- "file photo".
Euphemism for we do not have a pic of the real incident so we've just put something to make it look good.

[spin_drift]

Any members here who have press credentials or are with law enforcement and are in Delhi, it would be much appreciated if you get some close up pictures of the pistols seized and post them here.

[Vikram]

No way. This pic seems to be of an original pistol to make an interesting reading.Our news guys are notoriously famous for inserting gun pictures downloaded from the net. Why would Mungerians make them with ambidextrous safeties and square breeches. It's also finished in some kind of special coating used abroad against rusting, not unlike Duracoat or something.
If one sees the picture carefully, one will also notice the Browning logo on the top of the grip and part of the original oyster type box under it as well.

Marksman.

Agreed. That pistol looks too well made for Mungare. The calibre is mentioned as 9mm Luger.


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Vikram