Latur police seize two country-made pistols, 17-year-old boy held

A 17yearold boy was detained in Latur district of Maharashtra allegedly with two countrymade pistols and two bullets a Crime Branch official said on Sunday reported the PTIThe teen was held on Saturday by a team under inspector Sanjeevan Mirkale he addedHis associate is absconding Two countrymade pistols and two bullets were seized from the juvenile the official saidMurder case accused held for possession of illegal countrymade pistol live cartridge in UlhasnagarIn an another incident earlier this month the Ulhasnagar Police in Thane district of Maharashtra have arrested a murder case convict recently released from prison for alleged possession of an illegal countrymade pistol and a live cartridge the police officials had earlier this month saidThe accused has been identified as Praveen alias Golu Ashok Verma who was alleged found in possession of the weapon said an officialAccording to the police constable Siddharth Gaikwad received a tipoff that Verma had procured weapons to commit a crime Acting on this information a team led by Assistant Police Inspector API Mohan Srivas along with officers Avinash Jadhav Santosh Jadhav and Gaikwad tracked Verma to Idea Gate in Gulshan Nagar Shahad near Kalyan in Thane district They intercepted him and upon searching recovered the illegal firearm and ammunition from his possessionThe police said Verma a resident of Titwala was convicted of murder in 2018 and sentenced to seven years in prison He was released in November 2024Senior Police Inspector Vishnu Tamhane confirmed that Verma was presented in court which remanded him to police custody until March 13 for further interrogation regarding his motives and potential criminal intentionsThe accused has been booked for possession of illegal weapons under the Arms Act an official saidMumbai Crime Branch arrests drug peddler firearm recovered in Goregaon raidIn separate case the Mumbai Crime Branch Unit 11 had in February arrested a 27yearold man in possession of narcotics worth Rs 45 lakh During a search of his residence officers also recovered a pistol and two live cartridgesActing on a tipoff and under the guidance of senior officers the Crime Branch Unit XI team had raided a flat in Amy Complex located in the Ram Mandir area of Goregaon West on WednesdayDuring the search police seized approximately 23 grams of MD Mephedrone valued at Rs 45 lakh along with an electronic weighing machine allegedly used for measuring and packaging the drugs for salewith PTI inputs