Overview
- An intelligence-led operation by the State Special Operations Cell in SAS Nagar led to the arrests in SBS Nagar district.
- The recovered IED weighed about 2.5 kg, used RDX, and had both remote and timer detonation mechanisms that police say signaled immediate readiness.
- Police say the device was concealed near the SBS Nagar bypass after a consignment pickup while the suspects awaited targeting instructions.
- A Glock pistol with four live cartridges was seized, and a case was registered under the Explosive Substances Act and the Arms Act at the SSOC police station in Mohali.
- In parallel operations, police reported dismantling cross-border smuggling modules with 10 arrests, 5.4 kg heroin, three pistols, and a separate party-drugs network using air couriers and encrypted platforms, with Rs 9 lakh recovered.