Punjab News: Punjab Police has taken a major action against an illegal arms smuggling network in Amritsar. Counter Intelligence (CI) team of Amritsar 10 state-of-the-art pistols, magazines and 10 live cartridges Two people have been arrested with. According to the police, both the accused were in touch with a handler based abroad and were receiving arms consignments from across the border.
Both the accused were caught from Amritsar-Attari road.
According to police, identity of the arrested accused Gurpreet Singh son of Iqbal Singh And Gurpreet Singh son of Gulzar Singh Has happened as. Both are residents of Haveliyan village of Tarn Taran.
in recovered weapons Nine 9 mm pistols and one .30 bore pistol Is included. Police in a gray color with weapons Bajaj Platina Motorcycle Also confiscated. According to the police, this motorcycle was being used to transport the consignment of weapons from one place to another.
Information about weapons arriving through drones
According to DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav, Counter Intelligence Amritsar had received information that the two suspects, on the instructions of their foreign-based handler, had committed suicide in the area of village Havelian near the India-Pakistan border. The arms consignment was received through drone.
Police had also received information that the accused were going to forward this consignment to some other person. Based on the information the police team took immediate action and Near Village Khasa on Amritsar-Attari GT Road Both the accused were caught.
Claim of contact with handler sitting abroad
Preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused were allegedly in touch with a foreign-based handler. Police say that the consignment of illegal weapons was being delivered to Punjab from across the border and after that they were to be delivered to other people.
The police is now busy identifying other people associated with this network. The purpose of investigation is related to arms smuggling back and forth relations The aim is to detect and expose the entire network running across the border.
Bike also seized along with weapons
Apart from the weapons, the police also seized weapons from the accused. Bajaj Platina Motorcycle (PB-38-C-1658) Also confiscated. According to the police, it was used to transport the arms consignment.
FIR registered in the case
in this case State Special Operation Cell, Amritsar FIR number 51 has been registered in the police station. The case was registered on 22 August 2026. against the accused Sections 25, 25(1)(a) and 25(8) of the Arms Act And Section 61(2) of the Indian Judicial Code Action has been taken under.
According to Punjab Police, the investigation of the case is still going on. During the investigation, more information is expected to emerge about other people involved in the supply of arms and the cross-border network.