The Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) has launched a significant operation in Udham Singh Nagar district, targeting a racket involving forged arms licences. Following confidential intelligence, the STF discovered that many arms licences in circulation had been fraudulently transferred from other states and improperly registered in Uttarakhand. Over the past two months, the STF conducted extensive verifications of thousands of licences from various District Magistrates' offices. Complaints revealed the use of fake documents, including Aadhaar cards, to create licences for individuals who had died or did not exist. As a result of this operation, two individuals were arrested, with previous operations yielding illegal firearms. The STF continues to investigate the legitimacy of these licences and expects further significant disclosures. This initiative is part of a broader crackdown on illegal activities, which also recently included the dismantling of a gang involved in the distribution of counterfeit medicines across multiple states.