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Firearm smugglers held; vehicles seized

Patna: Patna police have seized a big cache of ammunition of various calibre and arrested five persons engaged in supply of the arms to Naxalites, police said. Acting on a tip-off, police on Friday night intercepted three vehicles at the Zero Mile near Mahatma Gandhi bridge over the Ganga, senior superintendent of police Amit Kumar told PTI. During the search, 500 cartridges of .315 calibre rifles, 400 of .32 pistols and 11 rounds of 12-bore shotgun, along with one 9 mm pistol, were seized, he said.

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