The Jharkhand Anti-Terrorism Squad successfully apprehended three individuals in Deoghar, seizing a US-made pistol and disrupting an illegal arms operation.
Three persons were arrested by the Jharkhand Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Deoghar, and a US-made pistol was seized from them, officials said on Saturday.
The operation was conducted in the Town police station area on Friday, based on a tip-off, they said.
"Three persons were nabbed in the raid. Two pistols, including a US-made one, were seized from them, along with seven cartridges," Deoghar SP Praveen Pushkar said.
ATS SP Rajkumar Mehta told PTI that the accused operated in Bihar and Jharkhand.
"Two of them hail from Deoghar town and have criminal antecedents. Several criminal cases are pending against them in Bihar's Munger and Jamui districts, as well as Deoghar and Dumka in Jharkhand," he said.
A man named Parvez from Munger was supplying weapons to them, he said.
"They were forwarded to judicial custody. Police will later take them on remand for questioning," he added.