Ahmedabad: In a major seizure, Gujarat police on February 4 recovered a highly sophisticated rocket launcher and 13 rocket launcher shells, from a house in coastal district town of Bhavnagar, to be used for creating disturbances in the state, police said.

Taking to reporters, A S Gehlot, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bhavnagar, on specific information raided the house of an anti-social element Arif, in a highly sensitive communal pocket and recovered the weapons.

Gehlot said the "weapons seized are of a rare type and the explosives compactly packed in the weapon could cause intense damage in a crowded area."

He said the shells recovered were of various types, used for different range of targets.

Gehlot said that Arif has been booked under the Arms Act and other sections of IPC. Police is investigating the matter and the situation in the area was peaceful.

PTI