SURKHET, Nov 8: Police have recovered 14 illegal muzzle-loading guns from forests in wards 5 and 7 of Barahatal Rural Municipality in western Surkhet.
Acting on a tip-off that muzzle-loading guns had been hidden in Sajghari Community Forest in Ward 5, a police team led by Inspector Bhupendra Shahi, chief of the Babiyachaur Area Police Office, was deployed to the site.
Two loaded guns seized
A search of the forest led to the recovery of six illegal guns hidden in bushes, four intact firearms and two incomplete barrels, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Kabindra Singh Bohora, information officer at the District Police Office.
Similarly, following information that guns had been concealed in Panidanda Community Forest in Syaaule, Ward 7 of the same rural municipality, another team led by Inspector Shahi reached the area.
A search operation there resulted in the recovery of eight abandoned illegal muzzle-loading guns, including five intact firearms and three incomplete ones, Bohora said.
Police said all 14 recovered firearms have been brought to the Babiyachaur Area Police Office for further investigation.
