Amritsar Police arrested seven people, including an army personnel, in a joint operation to bust cross-border narcotics and arms trafficking networks, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Tuesday.
During the operation, Punjab police busted four modules engaged in smuggling of arms and narcotics and recovered 14pistols and over 20 kg of heroin.
During the operation, Punjab police busted four distinct modules engaged in smuggling of illicit weapons and narcotics. The police also recovered 14 modern pistols and over 20 kilograms of heroin during the operation. The arrested suspects have been identified as Uday (19) and Patras (19), both residents of Mastgarh in Tarn Taran; Indian Army jawan Yudhvir Singh (22), a resident of Ranike village; Sajan Singh (19) and Sahilpreet (20), both from Narayangarh; Germanjot Singh (20) of Sialka village; and Sahibnoor Singh (21) of Jujhar Singh Nagar, Batala. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Border Range, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar outlined the first operation and said that initial breakthrough came when Gharinda police teams acted on precise intelligence and got a hold of two of the accused – Uday and Patras – as they were heading towards Khemkaran after receiving a consignment of 10 pistols which was delivered via drone from across the border. A 9 mm and nine .30-bore pistols were recovered from them. He added that preliminary questioning revealed they had previously received and distributed around 25 weapon consignments. In the second operation, a joint team from the Amritsar Rural CIA and Gharinda police arrested Army jawan Yudhvir Singh with a .30 bore pistol while he was home on leave. The third operation was carried out by the Gharinda police team who arrested Sajan Singh and Sahilpreet and recovered 20.130 kilograms of heroin from them, said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amritsar Rural Kanwalpreet Singh Chahal.
Singh had been arrested previously as well in an Arms Act case.
