Police have arrested a 31-year-old man from suburban Santacruz here for illegally possessing a country-made pistol and two live bullets, an official said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Mohsin Mansuri, was arrested on Tuesday near Dinkar Patel garden in Santacruz (East), he said.

“Police had received a tip-off that Mansuri, a resident of Matunga, is carrying a weapon and coming near the garden. On the basis of that information, police laid a trap and nabbed him as soon as he reached there,” the official said.