Gurugram, June 14 -- A crime branch team of Gurugram police raided an illegal firearms manufacturing unit hidden in the jungles of the Vindhyachal range at Singhana village in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district, busting an alleged arms manufacturing and supply network, officials said on Saturday. Manual machinery, tools, components and equipment used to fabricate breech-load and semi-automatic country-made pistols, including barrels, were seized during the Friday operation. Naveen Sharma, ACP (crime), said three people - the alleged manufacturer, a suspected smuggler and an alleged purchaser - were arrested. "The manufacturer was running the illegal factory on the hills of Vindhyachal for the last 30 years even after being arrested periodically. The second accused acted as a smuggler while the third was a purchaser," Sharma said. The case stemmed from the arrest of the alleged purchaser on May 29 with three semi-automatic country-made pistols near 32nd Avenue Milestone in Sector-15. A case under the Arms Act was registered at Civil Lines police station.debashish karmakar...