The District Police Office, Baglung, has seized 115 illegal weapons. According to Tilak Bharati, Superintendent of Police, District Police Office, Baglung, most of the weapons seized are loaded guns.

During the operation conducted by the police to recover illegal weapons, 66 loaded guns have been recovered from the Burtiwang Area Police Office, 45 from the Galkot Area Police Office, and 4 from the Barengdanda Area Police Office in the last 40 days.

The police have not arrested any of the accused while recovering the weapons. ‘After we started the search and operation campaign, we found all the weapons in the forest and in the ravines,’ said Bharati, ‘we have not been able to find the accused.’ He said that although most of the weapons were homemade, they were all weapons that were in regular use. While the guns were recovered, their magazines and other ammunition were not recovered.

The police have kept the recovered weapons safely at the District Police Office, and since every weapon user can be arrested, the investigation has also been taken forward. With the elections approaching, the police have issued a notice to surrender even legal weapons to the police. According to the information, so far, 19 guns have been handed over to the police by the license holders. Illegal weapons were also found during the campaign.

The police are continuing the search campaign in the suspicion that more illegal weapons may be found. 'The work of searching suspicious areas and people is also being done,' said Tilak Manandhar, Police Inspector of the Area Police Office, Burtiwang, 'This campaign will continue for election security.' He said that this campaign will also be continued to fulfill the responsibility of providing security in the upcoming elections.