3 members of arms smuggling gang held with 10 pistols
AMRITSAR, Oct. 16 -- The Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border organised arms and narcotics smuggling module with links to Pakistan with the arrest of its three operatives and recovered 10 sophisticated pistols along with 500gm of opium from their possession, Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav said on Wednesday.
Those arrested have been identified as Rajan alias Sagar (28), a resident of Faizpura in Amritsar, Surinder Singh alias Pali (24), a resident of Tali Wala village in Fazilka, and Jagjit Singh (25), a resident of Cheema Kalan in Tarn Taran. The recovered weapons include four 9MM Glock pistols and six .30-bore pistols.
In a statement issued here, Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused were connected to a Pakistan-based handler.
"The recovered arms were meant to be supplied to gangsters and criminals to fuel unlawful activities in Punjab," he said.
An FIR has been registered under Sections 18-B and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station Sadar, Amritsar Commissionerate, officials said.
Amritsar commissioner of police (CP) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that the accused Rajan was initially arrested with one .30-bore pistol and opium, and his interrogation led to the unearthing of the entire network.
The CP said that the accused were retrieving drone-delivered consignments from Amritsar to Fazilka and Tarn Taran sectors.
They were further supplying these directly and through location-based delivery systems, the CP added....
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