AMRITSAR, July 30 -- The counter intelligence (CI) wing of Amritsar police has busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with the arrest of one of its operatives working under the directions of a Pakistan-based smuggler, said Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday.

The arrested person has been identified as Bharatpreet Singh, a resident of Marhi Megha village in Tarn Taran. Police teams have recovered five sophisticated pistols - two 9 MM, two .30 bore and one .32 bore - from his possession, besides impounding his Splendor motorcycle being used for transporting the consignments.

Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the arrested accused along with his two other associates was ac...