Patiala, July 14 -- The police have dismantled an interstate arms smuggling racket where operatives disguised themselves as e-commerce delivery personnel to transport illegal weapons across state borders. Clad in delivery uniforms and carrying old corporate cartons, the gang successfully evaded checkpoints by blending in as routine courier workers. Patiala senior superintendent of police (SSP) Varun Sharma revealed during a press conference on Monday that police arrested four youths, all aged between 20 and 21. Law enforcement successfully recovered 15 illegal .32-bore pistols and 30 live cartridges from their possession. The arrested individuals have been identified as Vishal (20) and Jinder, alias Sagar (21), of Hoshiarpur, Badal (20) of Jalandhar, and Subhash of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. According to investigators, the youths turned to arms smuggling for quick financial gains. The gang routinely travelled by public buses and trains wearing e-commerce uniforms, carrying weapons packed inside old delivery boxes to mimic legitimate consignments. They procured cheap country-made weapons from the interior regions of Madhya Pradesh and sold them to Punjab-based gangsters at highly inflated premium rates, police said. The SSP disclosed that the syndicate was operating in direct contact with jailed gangster Sonu Khatri, a notorious criminal facing multiple charges of murder, kidnapping and dacoity....