A police raid was conducted at the arms and ammunition shop situated at Pannadhay Marg, near Hathipol on Friday evening. The raid was launched after a tip was received to police; the information stated that the number of cartridges held by the arms shop is more than the legal limits sanctioned to them.

Ghanta ghar police raided the arms and while the checking the stock of cartridges, police got 596 cartridges kept in a box which were in excess of the limit of cartridges sanctioned for the shop. For the purpose the police also verified the stock register of the shop.

As police department has a doubt that these cartridges in excess of limit were illegal, they initially seized the cartridges and the owner is asked to produce the legal documents related to the excess stock, informed police.