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Robbery plan foiled, 4 criminals held with firearm in Kolkata

| | Oct 17, 2016, at 02:41 am
Kolkata, Oct 16 (IBNS): Police on Saturday midnight arrested four criminals from Kestopur area under Baguiati Police Station limits in Kolkata and recovered firearm from their possessions, officials said.

According to reports, a night-patrolling van of Bidhannagar City Police spotted four men, moving suspiciously, at Kestopur area and detained them.

A knife, a single-shotter firearm and one round cartridge were seized from their possessions.

"During primary interrogation, they confessed that they had gathered there with plans to rob," a senior police official told IBNS.

"We are quizzing them to know if they have links with few robbery incidents, took place earlier, at the area," the officer added.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

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