Acting on a tip off, the Special Task Force (STF) and East Railway Colony police netted the arms smuggler, identified as Md. Aslam, with a consignment of 16 pistols last night.
He was apparently on way to deliver the consignment to a client when the raid took place, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Lalit Mohan Sharma said.
The accused, a native of Bardah area, was believed to have brought these weapons from Sahebganj in neighbouring Jharkhand, he said.