LUCKNOW, June 27 -- Following a late-night raid in Malihabad area on Thursday, the Lucknow police have busted an illegal arms manufacturing unit and arrested a 68-year-old man with a cache of firearms, ammunition, and the skin of a protected deer, authorities said on Friday.

Based on a tip-off, a joint team from Malihabad and Rahimabad police stations raided the house of Salahuddin alias Lala, a resident of Picture Hall Tiraha in Mirzaganj. He was initially found carrying eight live cartridges of 315 bore near the old cinema hall.

Speaking on the operation, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), North, Gopal Krishna Choudhary said, "The accused was running an illegal arms manufacturing unit from a residential locality. He was also found i...