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Chandigarh, Nov 16 (IANS) Punjab Police has dismantled a Pakistan-linked arms and narco network with the arrest of five people and recovered six sophisticated pistols along with 1.01 kg of heroin from their possession, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said here on Sunday.
The arrested have been identified as Akash Masih and Prince, Karanbir Singh alias Karan, Sukhwinder Singh, all residents of Amritsar (Rural) and Gurbhej Singh alias Bheja, resident of Tarn Taran.
The recovered pistols included five .30 bore and one 9mm Glock. All the accused belonged to villages close to the international border and were receiving the consignment as per the instructions of their handlers.
DGP Yadav said preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested accused were coordinating with Pakistan-based handlers through social media applications to collect and distribute illegal arms and narcotics within Punjab.
The DGP said further investigation is underway to identify the operators and establish backward and forward linkages to dismantle the entire network.
Sharing operational details, Commissioner of Police (Amritsar) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that at a checkpoint near Chheharta, police teams apprehended accused Akash Masih and Prince, and recovered a .30 bore pistol and a Glock 9 mm pistol from their possession.
He said that acting on technical leads in the investigation of the case, police teams arrested Karanbir Singh and Sukhwinder Singh and recovered three .30 bore pistols and 1 kg 10 grams of heroin from them. He said that on the disclosure of accused Karanbir Singh, the police has also arrested Gurbej Singh, from whom a .30 bore pistol has been recovered.
The Police Commissioner said that after recovering the consignment of illegal weapons, the accused were distributing them to criminal elements in the area.
In this regard, two cases, one under Section 25 of the Arms Act at Chheharta Police Station, Amritsar and the other under Sections 25 (1-B) and 25 of the Arms Act and Section 21-C and 29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Cantonment, Amritsar, have been registered.
–IANS
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