Police seized four firearms, some magazines and live bullets from Mothabari in Malda district on Tuesday and arrested a person in this connection.

Alok Rajoria, the superintendent of police of Malda, said a police team posed as potential buyers and contacted Safikul Islam, a resident of Rajnagar area of Mothabari, who was carrying the arms and ammunitions and intends to sell those. Later, the 21-year-old youth was arrested.

“Three seven mm pistols, an improvised pipe gun, seven magazines and 20 rounds of live bullets have been seized from him. We are interrogating him to know from where he had obtained the firearms,” said Rajoria.

Travel restriction

The state home department of Sikkim has issued a notification mentioning that no inner line permit, restricted area permit and protected area permit will be issued to foreign nationals in the state from December 1 to December 15.

Such permits are necessary for foreigners to travel in the Himalayan state. “This means, there is complete restriction over entry of foreign tourists into Sikkim during this period,” said a source.