Ferozepur, July 30 -- The Fazilka police on Wednesday arrested an interstate arms supplier and recovered five illegal pistols along with six magazines from his possession.

The accused, identified as Priyas Barela, a resident of Manglapuri in Delhi's Palam Colony, was arrested by a team of the crime investigation agency (CIA) staff, Fazilka, during a special operation based on specific intelligence inputs. The police intercepted him near Fazilka Chowk on the Fazilka-Abohar Road while he was allegedly transporting the illegal consignment.

Sharing details, Fazilka senior superintendent of police (SSP) Gagan Ajit Singh said the recovered cache included an Austrian-made Glock Generation-4 (9x19 mm) pistol, two countrymade .30-bore pistols, o...