AMRITSAR, March 19 -- The Amritsar police busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with the arrest of six persons, including a juvenile, and recovered seven sophisticated pistols from their possession, said director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday. The recovered weapons include five 9MM Glock pistols and two .30-bore pistols.

The arrested men have been identified as Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, 27, of Burj village in Amritsar, Manish Kumar alias Jerry, 24, of Sunder Nagar in Batala, Saroop Singh alias Roop, 27, of Chuchakwal village in Amritsar, Chamkaur Singh, 20, of Fatehpur Rajputan village in Amritsar and Vansh Sharma, 23, of Bhikhiwind village in Tarn Taran.

An FIR has been registered under Sections 2...