Bihar Man Arrested in Kolkata with Firearms, Ammunition

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News18•09-02-2026, 20:45
Bihar Man Arrested in Kolkata with Firearms, Ammunition
- •Kolkata Police arrested Mohammad Isteyak (38) from Bihar with six firearms and 11 rounds of ammunition.
- •The arrest followed a tip-off about illegal arms smuggling from Bihar and Jharkhand into West Bengal.
- •Police tracked the suspect, who traveled from Gaya to Kolkata by an overnight bus.
- •He was intercepted in an auto-rickshaw on the Rashbehari Connector by the Anti Rowdy Squad and Detective Department.
- •Authorities are investigating the source and intended destination of the weapons to uncover a potential larger arms smuggling network.
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