Two bags containing nine firearms magazines and 180 cartridges were stolen here from a truck carrying arms and ammunition of Assam Rifles from New Delhi to Shillong.

The theft took place here on Sunday when the truck had stopped here on Jalesar Road for a night halt, Firozabad’s Additional Superintendent of Police M C Mishra said.

The theft was reported by Assam Rifles Unit 3 jawan Awadhesh Kumar, he said, adding an FIR was lodged on his complaint. Police are trying to solve the case, he added.