The accused, Shakeel and Zulfikar, used to smuggle arms and ammunition to notorious criminals operating in western Uttar Pradesh and adjacent states, SSP (Meerut) DK Dubey said.
Acting on a tip-off about the delivery of an illegal consignment, police laid a trap and apprehended the duo yesterday, they said.
Six automatic and a country-made pistol along with their cartridges have been recovered from their possession and further investigations are on, they said.