TARN TARAN, June 6 -- Tarn Taran Police on Thursday busted a cross-border weapon smuggling module with the arrest of two persons and recovering six sophisticated weapons, including Glock pistols, from them, Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said.

The arrested accused have been identified as Surajpal Singh and Arshdeep Singh, both residents of Lakhna village in Tarn Taran. Four 9MM Glock 26 and two .30-bore PX5 along with live cartridges were recovered from their possession. Their motorcycle, used for delivering weapon consignments has been impounded, the DGP said.

Yadav said that Surajpal was in direct contact with Pakistan-based handlers identified as Rana and Sikander, who were using drones to drop consignments of a...