Fatehpur (UP) Jan 1 (PTI) Three people were arrested after an illicit firearms factory was busted in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district, police said on Friday.

Police conducted a raid in Adaar village under Hussainganj police station limits late Thursday night and caught one person while making illicit firearms, they said.

Ten illicit pistols, some half-finished firearms and material used in making them were recovered from the spot, police said.

On the information provided by the accused, two buyers were also arrested, they added.

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