Former drug peddler arrested for illegal firearms trade in Malkajgiri, pistols and ammunition seized
Police in Malkajgiri, India, arrested a 27-year-old man for operating an illegal firearms trade after a tip-off led to the seizure of multiple pistols and ammunition. The suspect, a former laborer, allegedly procured the weapons in Bihar to sell them for profit in Hyderabad.
Why it matters
The arrest highlights the ongoing challenge of illegal arms trafficking and its intersection with organized crime and economic desperation.
A 27-year-old labourer, who turned to illegal firearms trade in a bid to make quick money, was arrested with two 9 mm pistols, a double-barrel country-made gun and 19 live rounds by the Malkajgiri Zone Special Operations Team (SOT) and Bollaram police on Saturday.
The accused, Parbhans Kumar, a native of Gagipur district in Uttar Pradesh, was intercepted near Sadhana Mandir in Bollaram at around 5.50 a.m. on Saturday based on a tip off. Police seized two 9 mm pistols, three magazines and 17 live rounds, besides a double-barrel tappancha with two live rounds and a mobile phone from him.
Malkajgiri Police Commissioner B. Sumathi said that Kumar had allegedly planned to buy firearms in Bihar and sell them at higher prices to people in Hyderabad who were looking for weapons for criminal activities.
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