# Odisha police bust illegal gun trade in Nayagarh, three held 2026-08-24T12:03:01+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Police in Odisha's Nayagarh district have arrested three persons and seized four country-made guns in a crackdown on illegal firearms trade in the Khandapada area. Acting on a tip-off, teams raided multiple locations and recovered the weapons, officials said on Monday. A case has been registered under the Arms Act and the accused were produced before a court. Police said they have formed a special team to step up surveillance and prevent the manufacture and sale of illegal firearms in the region. In a separate incident, Manamunda police in Boudh district seized a country-made gun during a patrol near Gabajor after a driver abandoned a suspicious vehicle and fled. A case has been registered and investigations are on to trace the vehicle owner and the weapon's source. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Nayagarh and the adjoining Kandhamal-Boudh belt have seen repeated seizures of country-made firearms, pointing to a decentralised network of local fabricators. Each gun typically sells for Rs 5,000 to Rs 15,000 in the illicit market, feeding crimes ranging from extortion to election-time intimidation. The Arms Act makes both manufacture and possession without licence punishable with up to seven years in prison. A key next step is whether police can trace the buyers or the raw material supply chain from these arrests. ## Coverage - odishatv.in Straight news agency style report of police actions, no commentary or slant. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Arms Act, Boudh, Nayagarh, Odisha Police Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/odisha-police-bust-illegal-gun-trade-in-nayagarh-three-held/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/odisha-police-bust-illegal-gun-trade-in-nayagarh-three-held/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/