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Chandigarh, Oct 15 (IANS) The Amritsar Commissionerate Police, in a major intelligence-based operation, has busted a cross-border organized arms and narcotics smuggling module linked to Pakistan by arresting three of its operatives, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Wednesday.
Police have recovered 10 sophisticated pistols along with 500 grams of opium from them. The weapons include four 9mm Glock pistols and six .30 bore pistols.
The arrested people have been identified as Rajan alias Sagar (28), resident of Faizpura, Amritsar, Surinder Singh alias Pali (24), resident of Tali Wala village, Fazilka, and Jagjit Singh (25), resident of Cheema Kalan, Tarn Taran.
DGP Yadav said preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested accused were running an inter-district smuggling gang and were linked to Pakistan-based handlers. He said the recovered weapons were to be supplied to gangsters and criminals to promote illegal activities in Punjab.
Sharing operational details, Commissioner of Police (Amritsar) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said accused Rajan was initially arrested with a .30 bore pistol and a quantity of opium, and his interrogation revealed the entire network.
During investigation, Surinder was later arrested from which three .30 bore pistols and one 9 mm pistol were recovered from his possession, the police commissioner said, adding that further investigation resulted in the arrest of the third accused Jagjit from whom five pistols including three Glock 9 mm and two .30 bore pistols were recovered.
Bhullar said that accused Jagjit Singh had returned from Dubai four months ago. Surinder’s village is located close to the international border in Jalalabad in Fazilka district, while Jagjit’s ancestral village is near the border in Tarn Taran district.
He said the accused were retrieving drone-delivered consignments from Amritsar to Fazilka and Tarn Taran sectors and were supplying these consignments directly and onward through location-based delivery systems.
–IANS
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