Another dangerous and sensational conspiracy to breach India's internal security from across the border has been exposed. 'Darra Adam Khel' located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan has these days become a major global center of illegal and counterfeit weapons. This is the same area where exact 'first copy' prices of deadly foreign pistols and AK-47 rifles like Austria's famous 'Glock' and Turkey's state-of-the-art 'Zigana' are being prepared. According to the revelations of security and intelligence agencies, Pakistan's international arms mafia is dropping these deadly illegal weapons through drone smuggling in the borders of Punjab, from where they are reaching the dreaded gangsters and local criminals all over India. It is a matter of concern that similar weapons smuggled from across the border were used in the murder of famous singer Sidhu Moosewala and the Atiq-Ashraf murder case in Prayagraj. How does Darra Adam Khel's illegal gun factory and smuggling network work in India? Pakistan's Darra Adam Khel area has been notorious for its cottage industry of handmade weapons for decades. However, now exact copies of branded weapons of countries like Austria, Turkey, America and Italy are being made in the local workshops using laser cutting, modern CNC machines and modern technologies. These weapons look and function exactly like genuine foreign pistols, but cost much less than the originals. Glock and Zigana pistols, which are available for Rs 8,000 to Rs 20,000 in Pakistan and AK-47 rifles costing Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000, are being supplied to criminals in India through local syndicates of drones and smugglers. The same weapons were used in the Sidhu Moosewala and Atiq-Ashraf murder cases. It has been proved time and again in the investigations of Indian police and investigative agencies (like NIA and Punjab Police) that weapons from this illegal market of Darra Adam Khel have been used in many high-profile murder cases in the country. Many of the automatic pistols used by the attackers during the broad daylight murder of famous Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in May 2022 had reached Punjab from Pakistan through this network. Similarly, the sophisticated 'Zigana' pistol recovered from the shooters who opened fire on mafia Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj in April 2023 was also part of this Pakistani smuggling route. Why did these cheap weapons become the first choice for Indian gangsters? While the quality of illegal country-made pistols or Munger made pistols in the Indian markets is sometimes not reliable, the first copy foreign guns made in Pakistan's Darra Adam Khel provide tremendous firing capability at low prices. Available at the price of an ordinary smartphone, the magazines of these pistols can load 15 to 30 bullets simultaneously. This is the reason why Lawrence Bishnoi, Bambiha and other criminal gangs of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are continuously purchasing these cheap and deadly weapons. The packets dropped in the fields through drones are picked up by local couriers and overground workers (OGWs) and delivered across the country. Strict monitoring of security agencies and deployment of anti-drone grid on the border To foil this nefarious act of Pakistan and the nefarious intentions of Nadirshahi smugglers, Indian Border Security Force (BSF), Punjab Police and National Investigation Agency (NIA) have increased surveillance on the India-Pakistan border. Drone intrusions are being thwarted with the help of anti-drone systems and night vision cameras. Along with this, the police of various states of the country are conducting rapid raids on the inter-state arms syndicate and arresting dozens of smugglers so that the supply chain of these deadly weapons can be completely eliminated.
