Chandiarh/Amritsar- Amidst the continuing drive to make Punjab a secure and safe state as per instructions of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has dismantled a Pakistan-linked cross-border arms smuggling module with the arrest of its two operatives and recovered seven subtle pistols— three PX5 and 4 .30 bore pistols— from their possession, mentioned DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav right here on Monday.
These arrested have been recognized as Balwinder Singh (32), a resident of village Bhindi Nain in Amritsar and Jugraj Singh alias Jagga (29), a resident of village Mulla Behram in Amritsar. The latter has a legal background with instances pertaining to homicide, Arms act and NDPS act registered in opposition to him.
DGP mentioned that preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused had been appearing on the instructions of Pak-based handler, who communicated with them by way of WhatsApp, assigning pickup factors and supply routes for unlawful arms circulation. The DGP mentioned that additional investigation is ongoing to ascertain ahead and backward linkages this case.
Sharing operational particulars, Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar mentioned that appearing on an intelligence inputs, a police workforce, throughout naka bandi on the Cantonment space, intercepted suspect Balwinder Singh and 5 unlawful pistols from his possession. Based mostly on Balwinder disclosure, police performed a raid and arrested his affiliate Jugraj Singh alias Jagga and recovered two .30 bore pistols from his possession, he mentioned.
The CP mentioned that preliminary probe has revealed that each accused lived in shut proximity to the worldwide border, which made it handy for them to help the cross-border smuggling chain. Investigation has additional established that Balwinder Singh and Jugraj alias Jagga had been lively within the Amritsar Rural sector, helping in motion and distribution of smuggled arms, he mentioned.
On this regard, a case FIR No. 247 dated 22-11-2025 has been registered below sections 25 and 25 (6, 7 and eight) of the Arms Act at Police Station Cantonment in Amritsar Commissionerate.
