Overview
- Delhi Police Special Cell arrested four men in a months-long intelligence operation that concluded with public reporting on July 2, 2026, and said one suspect was taken into custody on April 24.
- Authorities identified the accused as Shubdeep Singh (23), Gurjant Singh (22), Sajan Singh (28) and Gaganpreet (24), three from Punjab and one from Delhi, and said the arrests followed coordinated raids in Punjab and the capital.
- Investigators seized two foreign-made pistols (including a Zigana and a .30-bore), nine live cartridges and five mobile phones that police say will be forensically examined for links to handlers and operational plans.
- Delhi Police allege the group took directions from Pakistan-based handler Shahzad Bhatti, used foreign phone numbers and social media to evade detection, and received arms and narcotics dropped by drones across the border.
- An FIR has been filed under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act, police are tracing wider network links, and the case expands a wider pattern of cross-border recruitment and drone smuggling that security agencies have been probing.