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Punjab Police Bust Cross-Border Arms Ring in Amritsar, Six Held With Seven Pistols

Investigators trace a foreign handler in Portugal using drones for weapons drops.

Overview

  • Amritsar commissionerate police detained six suspects, including a juvenile, after a targeted operation based on secret information.
  • Recoveries included five 9 mm Glock pistols and two .30 bore pistols seized across successive arrests.
  • Police say preliminary findings indicate contact with a Portugal-based handler who facilitated drone-delivered consignments from Pakistan.
  • The group allegedly retrieved shipments for onward supply to criminal elements, with probes underway to establish forward and backward linkages.
  • In a separate Bathinda case a day earlier, Counter Intelligence teams arrested Buta Singh and Harmander Singh on the MogaFerozepur Road and seized two hand grenades, with an FIR filed on March 17 under the Explosives Act at the SSOC Fazilka.