Police arrested two alleged arms traders with pistols, magazines and bullets from two passenger buses in Keshtapur area under Shalikha upazila of the district on Wednesday.

The arrestees are Kuddus Molla of Jessore town, and Alamgir of Kulchar village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore.

Additional Superintendent of Police Tariqul Islam said the law enforcers intercepted a Dhaka-bound bus in the afternoon.

They arrested Kuddus from the bus and seized a foreign-made pistol, two magazines and three bullets from his possession.

Later, according to his confessional statement, police halted another Dhaka-bound bus of 'Hanif Paribahan' and arrested Alamgir with two pistols, four magazines and two bullets.