Chandigarh/Amritsar- In a significant breakthrough amidst the continuing drive to make Punjab a secure and safe state as per instructions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a Pak-backed cross-border arms smuggling module with the arrest of 1 operative and recovered 5 subtle pistols from their possession, stated DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav right here on Sunday.
The arrested individual has been recognized as Sandeep Singh, a resident of village Khalra in Tarn Taran. The recovered weapons embody 4 .30 bore pistols together with magazines and one 9MM pistol together with journal. Police groups have additionally impounded his Royal Enfield (Bullet) Bike, getting used for transporting the consignments.
DGP Gaurav Yadav stated that preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused, together with wished affiliate Saifli Singh, had been retrieving weapon consignments on the instructions of a Pak-based handler and supplying them to criminals and gangsters in Punjab. The latter has been utilizing drones to drop the contrabands from throughout the border, he added.
Sharing operation particulars, the DGP stated that CI Amritsar had obtained a selected intelligence about retrieval of an enormous consignment of unlawful weapons from Indo-Pak border space falling close to village Khalra. Performing swiftly, police staff of CI-Amritsar intercepted the above suspect Sandeep Singh from close to Village Thatha in Tarn Taran, when he was going to additional ship the consignment to some celebration and recovered the unlawful weapons from his possession, he stated.
On this regard, a case FIR No. 72 dated 06-12-2025 has been registered below sections 25 and 25(1)(a) of the Arms Act and part 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Police Station State Particular Operation Cell, Amritsar.
