Firearms Unit Operating Under Guise of Food Plates Manufacturing Busted In Bihar, Two Arrested

Munger: Two persons were arrested after police busted an improvised firearms unit which was operating under the guise of a food plates manufacturing unit at a house in Bihar ’s Munger. 

The accused have been identified as Monazir Hussain (27) and MD Nasim (38).

"Last night based on a specific intelligence developed by STF, Kolkata Police, a team of STF KP, Bihar STF, and Tarapur PS conducted a joint raid in the house of a person named MD Monazir Hussain situated at Gazipur village, in Munger, Bihar,” police said. 

Illegal Firearms Production Took Place Inside House

According to police, there was a secret underground chamber inside the house from where improvised firearms were being manufactured. 

Operating Under Guise of Food Plates Manufacturing 

According to the Special Task Force, a seizure of six pieces of 7mm Pistol body, six pieces of Pistol butt, one lathe machine, one milling machine, one drilling machine, one grinding and polishing machine have been made. 

“The owner MD Monazir Hussain, along with his brother-in-law Md Nasim and their associate Irshad Mallick were running the firearms manufacturing unit under the guise of a food plate manufacturing unit,” officials said. 

According to officials, this is the 14th such Arms unit busted in Bihar and Jharkhand in the last 3 years. Accordingly, a specific case is being registered at Tarapur PS, Munger in this regard.