Mohali, Feb. 21 -- The Crime Investigating Agency (CIA) of Mohali police on Thursday arrested an illegal firearms supplier who had been procuring arms from Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Aged just 21, the accused was arrested from Kharar following secret input. On his disclosure, the CIA further arrested his two accomplices who had been buying firearms from him, said CIA DSP Talvinder Singh.

Their arrest led to the recovery of a .315-bore pistol with two live cartridges and one .32-bore pistol with two live cartridges.

While the supplier, Amarinder Singh, alias Karan, is a resident of Jhanjheri village in Mohali, his two accomplices, Gurpreet Singh, alias Gopi, and Harjot Singh, hail from Fatehgarh Sahib.

During his custodial inter...