Patiala: Four persons, including a local arms dealer, have been arrested with a big consignment of arms and ammunition reportedly meant for supplying to People's War Group (PWG) and Ranvir Sena, a senior police official said on November 4.

The four were arrested at a railway crossing naka while moving around in a vehicle with Madhya Pradesh registration number, superintendent of police Paramraj Singh Umrangal said.

The arms and ammunition were concealed inside a special compartment constructed underneath the vehicle, he said.

The consignment, including 13 different weapons and over 10,000 cartridges, were meant for supply to PWG Naxalites and Ranvir Sena in Bihar, the SP said quoting preliminary interrogation of four arrested persons.

He said that 12 fake arms licenses issued in Bihar, Assam and Jharkhand were also recovered from the vehicle.

PTI