Posted on 05/27/2005 10:48:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
MUMBAI: The Mumbai police have sized a huge cache of imported arms and ammunition worth over Rs 10 million after a raid on a bustling port, here officials said on Saturday.
The arms, which were hidden in an oil tanker at the busy Jawaharlal Nehru Port, include 37 sophisticated revolvers and pistols and a large quantity of ammunition, said Mumbai Police Commissioner AN Roy.
The crime branch of the local police conducted the raid late Friday on a tip-off, Roy told reporters, adding that one person had been arrested in this connection.
"Our investigations are going on and we are trying to find out who had sent this consignment of arms and ammunition and where was it likely to be delivered. This is a major achievement for us," he said.
According to Roy, the seized arms and ammunitions were valued at over Rs 10 million.
Police sources claimed that alleged mob boss Chota Rajan had sent the consignment from Singapore and that it was meant for stepping up his gang's underworld activities in the city.
37 pistols & revolvers. Yep, that's certainly newsworthy.
OOPS. Almost missed the "sophisticated" pistols & revolvers. Huge difference.
37 pistols - that is HUGE alright!
' include 37 sophisticated revolvers and pistols and a large quantity of ammunition.
According to Roy, the seized arms and ammunitions were valued at over Rs 10 million. '
Two questions:
What are 'sophisticated' revolvers?
Is Rs 10 million less than a thousand bucks?
First read to me indicates this is not much of a 'cache'.
Rs 10 million is about 6 million dollars? 60 rupees to the dollar?
for that country it is newsworthy
$230,000
What are 'sophisticated' revolvers?
They are used by Army Intelligence to kill Giant Shrimp.
It's a wonder the vessel was able to remain afloat with that HUGE cache.
The Indian Press is insane. Back during Gulf 1 we stopped in Bombay for a few days. Our C-141 was on the front page the next day "Yankees Dot Bombay Skyline". The reporter thought he was Dick Tracy.
He took a pic of our engineer leaning against a pole in the airport. The reporter claimed that our "pilot was trying to hide" from him but HE got the pic anyway. Ha!
By the end of the article, even I was concerned we might be hiding a nuke somewhere on board... :)
a rupee is .023 USD (approx)
43.5 rupees to the dollar (approx)
225,885$ (approx) for 37 advanced handguns and ammo.......
math! my brain hurts!
somebody got fleeced! At roughly 6213.00 per gun and ammo (all portions being equal). They must be H&Ks!
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Danke!.........
They probably added the 400% import duties to that..
How mucg are Deset Eagles for?
I was in Mumbai about three years ago on business and was shocked to see Indian Army troops and (paramilitary) police carrying both STEN guns and .303 SMLE bolt action rifles. Given that they were equiped with 1940's firearms technology (older than that in the case of the SMLEs), it's no wonder they consider revolvers to be "sophisticated".
It sounds almost petty; perhaps it was kept on board ship to help the crew to defend itself from pirates.
Still deadly........
"...perhaps it was kept on board ship to help the crew to defend itself from pirates."
...maybe so, it's a strange part of the world for sure...nevertheless it would present a strange picture when attacked by pirates on the open sea that the captain would yell "Repel Boarders!" to the crew and they all whip out revolvers.
"Still deadly........" ...yes for sure...STEN Guns and SMLEs would still constitute a credible threat - especially against an unarmed population like the Indians. What struck me as ironic when I was there was that India is a nuclear power yet still relies quite old military technology for "domestic control". However, I also know that the Indian Army operating up in the state(s) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) are well equiped (FN-FALs, etc), and are pretty effective at dealing with terrorists operating out of Pakistan. For me, it was strange to see so many soldiers and police out in the streets with such old weapons. (I saw the same thing in New Dehli as well).
The Chinese version is R&B, which is 8.2 R&B's per US Dollar or $1,219,512.195
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