They were arrested after they allegedly offered for sale a pistol when a decoy police officer posed as a prospective buyer scouting for illegal pistols.
The arrest follows weeks of surveillance mounted over suspects by the sleuths of Organised Crime Intelligence/ Investigation Unit with city police pitching in.
While a case has been registered for offences under Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act and a probe is on, police said they were on the lookout for "others" as well who were suspected to have been involved in the racket.
Last year, four men were arrested in a case of illegal country made gun trade here.
In similar previous cases too, illicit country made guns were allegedly procured by local criminal gangs from West Bengal and Bihar and they had tried to sell them off for fancy prices.
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