The Amritsar Commissionerate Police dismantled a drug trafficking and illegal arms smuggling network with the arrest of three people and recovered 10 pistols and 1 kg heroin from their possession, said Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.
Police teams have also recovered a motorcycle used in smuggling activities. Those arrested have been identified as Gautam alias Ajay of Sensra Khurd village, Ravi Sher Singh of Guru Ka Bagh village, and Rajbir Singh alias Raja of Basarke Bhaini village, who is currently residing in Pal Avenue.The recovered pistols include three 9MM Glocks and seven .30 bore pistols. He added that police teams arrested their third accomplice, Rajbir, and recovered one more .30 bore pistol along with 1.022 kg of heroin from him, taking the total seizure of firearms to 10 pistols. A case under sections 25(6), 25(7), and 25(8) of the Arms Act and sections 21 (C) and 29 of the NDPS Act has been registered at the Cantonment police station in Amritsar.
Sharing operational details, Amritsar commissioner of police Harmanbir Singh Gill said acting on intelligence, police teams arrested Gautam and Ravi and recovered two Glock pistols and a motorcycle from them. On Gautam’s disclosure, police recovered seven more pistols, he said.
DGP Yadav said preliminary investigations revealed that the accused were in contact with foreign-based smugglers who allegedly supplied illegal weapons to further distribute them to criminal elements.
Further investigation was underway to trace backward and forward linkages and identify other persons involved in the network, he said.
