The anti-extortion cell (AEC) of the Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested five men in Wadala (East) for allegedly carrying unlicensed firearms and attempting to sell them illegally on Friday afternoon.

According to officers, AEC received specific intelligence that a group of men, armed with country-made pistols and live cartridges, would arrive around 2 pm on Friday near JK Knowledge Centre Road, in the lane opposite Bharat Petroleum, adjoining the BPT Container Road and the closed Wadala BPT Sub-Station.