Rajesh Tiwari and Guddu Pandit were arrested by the Tronica city police this morning, SHO Ummed Yadav said.
He said an FIR was lodged by excise inspector R P Singh in this regard and since then police teams had been raiding the hide-outs of liquor smugglers.
Upon a secret tip, the police team arrested the two assailants at Soniya Vihar Yamuna River embankment.
Two country-made pistols, four live cartridges and five kg Doda powder were also seized from their possession, police said.