Punjab Police bust cross-border arms, drug smuggling module in Amritsar

Punjab Police busted a cross-border narcotics and illegal arms smuggling module in Amritsar, arresting two suspects and recovering 15 illegal pistols and 5 kg heroin. Police said the accused were linked to foreign-based handlers, while raids are underway to arrest two more suspects

Chandigarh: Punjab Police busted a cross-border narcotics and illegal arms smuggling module with the arrest of two individuals in Amritsar, and recovered 15 illegal pistols and 5 kg heroin from their possession, a police officer said on Monday.

Those arrested have been identified as Deepak Singh, a resident of Rorawala Khurd and Shubhpreet Singh alias Shubh, resident of Verka-Majitha Bypass in Amritsar., Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said.

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Investigation revealed that the accused were allegedly in contact with foreign-based handlers, and were receiving consignments of illegal arms and drugs for further supply in the region as directed by their handlers, Yadav said in a post on X.

The DGP said that further investigation is underway to establish the complete forward and backward linkages in this case to identify other persons involved, and dismantle the wider illegal arms and drug trafficking networks.

Sharing operational details, Inspector General of Police (Border Range) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that teams from Gharinda police station had received information that two suspects, who deal in illegal pistol and heroin smuggling, were actively moving around in the Attari area.

Acting swiftly on this input, a police team set up a checkpoint at the Dhussi Bandh T-point located at Attari-Jhabal Road and stopped two suspected persons riding on a scooter, the IGP said.

Upon frisking the riders — Shubhpreet Singh and Deepak Singh — a consignment of 15 pistols and 5 kg heroin was recovered. Senior Superintendent of Police Amritsar (Rural) Kanwalpreet Singh Chahal said that based on the interrogation of both arrested accused persons, two more accused involved in this module have been identified and raids are being conducted to arrest them.