Chandigarh, March 6 – The Punjab Police have cracked a cross-border illegal arms smuggling operation, arresting six individuals, including a minor, and recovering five sophisticated pistols and a sharp-edged weapon from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.
The six individuals arrested in Amritsar are Rohit Kumar (18), Karanbir Singh, alias Ajay (24), Jashandeep Singh, alias Giani (18), Onkar Singh, alias Vansh (21), and Akashdeep Singh (24), along with a 16-year-old minor.
The recovered weapons include one .30 bore, one 9MM Glock, one .30 bore PX5, one 9MM Taurus, and one 9MM Gretta (made in Pakistan), along with 34 cartridges, officials said.
Punjab DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the accused were in contact with arms smugglers based in Pakistan through social media and were receiving weapon consignments from across the borders via drones.
The accused were coordinating the distribution of weapons under the direction of their handlers, the DGP said.
DGP Yadav said that further investigation is underway to establish the network and dismantle it. Sharing operational details, Commissioner of Police (Amritsar) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that acting swiftly during patrolling and checking of suspicious individuals, police teams apprehended Rohit Kumar along with a minor and recovered one .30 bore pistol and a sharp-edged weapon from their possession.
During questioning, the accused disclosed that the illegal weapon had been supplied to them by Karanbir, he said, adding that acting on this information, police teams arrested him.
He said that further investigation and interrogation of Karanbir led to the arrest of weapon suppliers, identified as Onkar Singh, Akashdeep Singh, and Jashandeep, and resulted in the recovery of four more pistols. In this regard, a case has been registered under Sections 25 (6, 7 and 8) of the Arms Act at Police Station in Maqboolpura in Amritsar.
