AMRITSAR, May 14 -- Police have dismantled an illegal arms smuggling module operating in the border belt and arrested five accused, including a juvenile, in a crackdown on cross-border crime.

The operation was carried out on the basis of specific intelligence inputs, leading to the recovery of six sophisticated pistols and 14 live cartridges, said officials.

The initial arrests were made when Akashdeep Singh, alias Akash, and Harmandeep Singh were apprehended with two pistols, including a .30-bore weapon and a Glock 9mm pistol, along with magazines and live cartridges.

Sharing details at a press conference, Amritsar commissioner of police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said: "Akashdeep interrogation led to the recovery of another pistol, a .32...