Sopore police Thursday claimed to have busted a gang of robbers who were looting people intimidating with the help of a fake gun.
The police at a press conference said that the gang wasusing a fake wooden AK-47 to loot the people in parts of Sopore.
SDPO Sopore Raja Majid said that during special operationthe gang comprising four members was arrested by a team of Sopore police.
The officer said they recovered a fake wooden AK-47 gun, onemotor cycle and two cell phones from their procession which they were using toloot the people.
Police identified the accused as Bilal Ahmed Rather(carpenter), Latief alias Tusqi, Farooq Ahmed and Ishfaq Ahmed, all residentsof Sopore.
SHO Azim Iqbal told the media that the accused havecommitted many robberies in the town. “The accused were active in the area for last three months. They arealso involved in many drug peddling case,” the SHO said.