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Customs officials at Delhi airport arrest Indian couple carrying 45 pistols in baggage

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An Indian couple was arrested as 45 pistols worth Rs 22.5 lakh were found in their baggage by customs officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.</p>
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The two arrested have been identified as Jagjit Singh and his wife Jaswinder Kaur who arrived in Delhi on a flight from Vietnam.</p>
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"Ballistics reports will confirm whether the guns are real or not… but, in a preliminary report, NSG (National Security Guard, the country's elite counter-terrorism unit) has confirmed that the guns are fully functional and can be used," ANI new agency cited a senior official as saying.</p>
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Both the accused have admitted that they had previously brought 25 pistols to India from Turkey.</p>

IN Bureau

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