A major inter-state illegal arms manufacturing and trafficking racket was busted by the Pune police on Saturday. The racket was being operated from a village in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district.

The police have detained 36 persons during the raid, and have seized a huge cache of weapons, officials said. Also Read | Delhi blast case: Raids underway at Al-Falah University as probe continues

During the operation, carried out jointly with the MP police, 50 furnaces, where weapons were being manufactured illegally, were destroyed, they said.

“The Pune police conducted a combing operation in Madhya Pradesh. During the investigation of cases registered at the city's Vimantal and Kalepadal police stations, we received multiple inputs about the pistol-making units located in MP. Police fro

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