Amritsar, Dec. 8 -- The Punjab Police on Sunday busted a cross-border arms smuggling module with links to Pakistan following an arrest of one person. Five pistols were recovered from the arrested individual, director general of police Gaurav Yadav said in a statement.

The arrested person has been identified as Sandeep Singh, a resident of Khalra village in Tarn Taran. The recovered weapons include four .30 bore pistols along with magazines and one 9MM pistol along with magazine. Police teams have also impounded his Royal Enfield (Bullet) motorcycle being used for transporting the consignments.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused, along with wanted associate Saifli Singh, had been retrieving weapon consignments on the dir...