6 returning from Pak held for carrying 11 pistols

Six persons, including two women, were arrested and eleven pistols seized from their possession on their return from Pakistan on the Samjhauta Express at the Attari Railway station in Attari on Thursday.

Six persons, including two women, were arrested and eleven pistols seized from their possession on their return from Pakistan on the Samjhauta Express at the Attari Railway station in Attari on Thursday.

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During customs checking at the Attari station, eleven pistols were found concealed in the meat cutter machine along with twenty two magazines, a customs official said.

All the six, hailing from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh and had returned after visiting their relatives in Pakistan, were arrested, but their identities are yet to be revealed, the official said.