India, June 19 -- Punjab Police busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with the arrest of eight persons and recovery of 11 sophisticated pistols from their possession, director general of police Gaurav Yadav said on Thursday.

The recovered weapons include four .30 bore (made in China), four .30 bore PX5 Storm, one .30 bore Zigana, one 9MM Glock (made in Austria), and one 9mm (made in Austria), along with eight live cartridges.

Those arrested have been identified as Gulabjit Singh alias Prince (21) and Harpreet Singh alias Preet (23), both residents of Attari in Amritsar; Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi (24) of village Hardowal in Kalanaur, Gurdaspur; Kuljit Singh (39) and Shamsher Singh alias Shera (40), both residents of Ranian ...