India, July 1 -- A local de-addiction centre operator is among two individuals arrested by the Amritsar Commissionerate Police for running a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module, Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Wednesday.

The operation yielded seven sophisticated pistols and 40 live cartridges, including a 9mm Glock, a .30-bore Tisas Turkiye, a .30-bore special modified pistol, and four standard .30-bore pistols.

The suspects have been identified as Gulbagh Singh, alias Batth, 26, who operates a de-addiction centre on Bhai Manj Singh Road in Sultanwind, and Surjit Singh, alias Rana, 33, a resident of Sur Singh village in Tarn Taran.

Preliminary investigations reveal that the duo used social media appl...