Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, the Special Task Force (STF) today arrested an illegal gun dealer and detained his juvenile associate in Bhubaneswar. A cache of firearms and live ammunition was seized from their possession.

STF SP Rabinarayan Satpathy said based on a tip-off, a team raided Bailiyatra Padia in the Badagada area and apprehended gun dealer Pintu Kumar along with his associate Abinash Kumar, who is a minor. The duo was caught while waiting to deliver firearms and ammunition to a client. Both hail from Munger district in Bihar and had been under STF surveillance for several days.

Pintu is a wanted criminal in Munger, Satpathy added, stating he will be produced before a Bhubaneswar court later today.

During the operation, the STF seized five country-made guns, one

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