A car containing arms and ammunition found in Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar: The police seized an abandoned car from the basement parking of society in the Sargasan area of Gandhinagar on Monday evening, which had four weapons and over 300 live cartridges.

An unidentified person had left the car in the basement of the Swagat Afford building in Sargasan. The residents informed the police upon noticing cartridges in the backseat of this car. Upon investigation, the police discovered several items including 2 country-made pistols, 2 tamanchas, pendrive, and over 300 cartridges.

Paresh Soni, the chairman of the Swagat Afford Society had noticed a car without a sticker entering the basement through the wrong side. The security staff investigated the basement upon information given by Pareshbhai. The car was a Hyundai Verna with broken glass on the driver’s side window. The society members gathered in the parking lot due to their suspicion and noticed 12-bore rifle cartridges in the backseat. The Gandhinagar police control room was informed by Pareshbhai, after which the Infocity police staff arrived there. The car was towed by the police using a crane and taken to the police station, where items worth Rs 5 lakh, including weapons, four pen drives, a memory card, a card reader, and a car, were seized.

Police have concluded that the RTO registration number is fake. The car could be from Madhya Pradesh, the Police believe . LCB, SOG, Infocity Police station and other agencies are involved in the probe of this car intensively as it has been found ahead of the visit of the Prime Minister.

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