Sonebhadra (UP): A man was arrested and firearms in large quantities recovered from his possession at the Telguda crossing near Sonebhadra, police said.
On a tip off, a police team arrested Santosh Kumar Yadav of Gadhwa district of Jharkhand yesterday, Superintendent of Police Mohit Agarwal said. A stengun, 10 revolvers, one country-made revolver, two magazines and 14 cartridges were recovered from his possession, the SP said. On interrogation, Yadav told the police that he was asked to take the consignment of arms to Varanasi by three persons, who paid him Rs 2,000. In view of the coming Assembly polls in UP, a drive is going on against criminals in Sonebhadra, a naxal-infested district, which shares its border with Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar. PTI