The Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested a man in the Agripada area and recovered two country-made pistols and 19 live cartridges from him, police said on Saturday, November 14.

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According to police officials, Crime Branch Unit 2 received a tip-off that a man was planning to bring illegal firearms and live ammunition into the Agripada area without any valid licence or permit. A team laid a trap and detained a man who was allegedly moving around under suspicious circumstances, and a search allegedly recovered the two pistols and cartridges.

The arrested accused has been identified as Ganesh Landge. A case has been registered against him at Agripada Police Station under relevant sections of the Arms Act. The allegations against him have not been tested in court.

What police told the court

Police told the court that their information had pointed to four people sitting together and armed, and said some of the accused were absconding. The accused told the court that the police had arrived suddenly to arrest him. The court remanded Landge to two days of police custody.

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The Crime Branch is investigating the source of the weapons, the intended use of the firearms and whether the accused was connected to any larger illegal arms network, police said. Officers also referred in court to the investigation of the Tiger Shroff firing case.

In a separate operation earlier on May 24, the Crime Branch's Anti-Extortion Cell arrested three alleged operatives linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang near St George's Hospital on P. D'Mello Road in south Mumbai and seized three Chinese-made pistols along with 45 live cartridges, according to police.