Jalandhar, May 29 -- Jalandhar Commissionerate Police have busted an illegal arms smuggling module with the arrest of three men.

As many as five .32-bore pistols, along with nine magazines and 22 live cartridges, were recovered from the accused, said Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Friday.

The accused, Manjot Singh, Sandeep Singh and Amandeep Singh, alias Aman, are all residents of Gurdaspur district.

DGP Yadav said preliminary investigation had revealed that the module was involved in smuggling of illegal arms within Punjab.

Sharing operational details, commissioner of police (CP) Dhanpreet Kaur said acting on reliable inputs, police team apprehended Manjot from near Jalandhar bus stand and recovered a .32-bor...