During their interrogation, the accused said they had smuggled the arms and ammunition from Diu,” said Nava Bandar PSI Samir Mandhara. Rajkot: Five persons were arrested with firearms and cartridges from near Nava Bandar marine police station in Veraval of Gir-Somnath district on Friday night.Police said the accused were arrested from a car during a vehicle-checking drive at the Diu border. Police identified the accused as Asif Khira (37), a resident of Ghanchi Kabrastan at Khira Jamatkhana in Jamnagar, Iqbal Nayak alias Bathiyo (42), a resident of Nageshwer Road in Gomtipur area of Jamnagar, Wasim Khafi (36), a resident of Silver Society in Khoja Gate area of Ramnagar, Qayum Juneja (34), a resident of Vevariya Madresa in Ghanchi ni Khadki area of Jamnagar, and Bharatsinh Jhala (36), a resident of TB Hospital area in Jamnagar.“We recovered two pistols, each worth Rs 10,000, seven live cartridges worth Rs 350, and a knife from the accused.
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