The West Bengal CID has busted

an illegal arms manufacturing unit in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district and arrested two persons, a senior officer of the agency said on Thursday.

The illegal arms manufacturing unit was set up at a flat in Nimta area, he said.

Two fire arms have been seized during the raid, conducted by a joint team of CID along with Nimta police, at the flat on Wednesday night, he said.

"We had a tip-off that a customer was arriving there to procure arms. Besides arresting him, we nabbed another person at the illegal arms factory," the officer said.

The CID has launched a search for others involved in making illegal weapons at the flat, he added.

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