Overview
- Six pistols were seized, including two 9mm Glocks and four .30-bore weapons, along with two live cartridges.
- The arrested suspects are Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi (22) and Surjit Singh (35) from Tarn Taran; police say Surjit has prior cases, including under the NDPS Act.
- Officers first detained Gopi on inputs about illegal weapon movement, then arrested associate Surjit after disclosures during interrogation.
- An FIR dated January 13 was filed at Police Station Islamabad in Amritsar under Sections 25(1-A) and 25(6,7,8) of the Arms Act.
- Investigators are mapping links to gangsters and assessing ties to recent statewide recoveries, including a large Pathankot weapons cache reported earlier.