Neeraj BaliChandigarh, Sept. 13 -- Police in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, in coordination with a central agency, have busted a suspected cross-border arms smuggling module and arrested five people, recovering six pistols and 49 live cartridges, police said on Sunday.
The seized ammunition included .30-calibre and 9mm rounds, according to a statement issued by Gurdaspur Police.
"Gurdaspur Police, in coordination with a central agency, foils a cross-border arms smuggling module following a hot chase," Punjab Police said in a social media post.
A preliminary investigation found that the weapons had been smuggled into India using drones, suggesting the involvement of a cross-border network, police said.
One of the arrested suspects has a cr...