— ARRESTED ACCUSED WAS PROCURING ILLEGAL WEAPONS ON DIRECTIONS OF HIS FOREIGN-BASED SMUGGLERS: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS ONGOING TO ESTABLISH FORWARD AND BACKWARD LINKAGES: IGP GURPREET BHULLAR
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, October 4:
In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar Rural Police has dismantled an illegal arms and explosives supply network with the arrest of one individual, and recovered one AK-47 assault rifle along with a magazine and nine live cartridges, and two hand grenades from his possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday.
The arrested accused has been identified as Navjot Singh (28), a truck driver by profession and resident of Cheema in Tarn Taran. Apart from recovering arms and explosives, police teams have also impounded his motorcycle being used for transporting the consignment.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused was allegedly linked to foreign-based smugglers and is involved in procuring illegal weapons. Further investigation is underway to uncover the complete network and establish backward & forward linkages, he said.
Sharing operational details, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Border Range Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that acting on precise intelligence inputs, special teams of Amritsar Rural Police launched a targeted operation and intercepted the accused when he was riding a motorcycle. During search, police teams have recovered one AK-47 assault rifle along with magazine and live cartridges and two live hand grenades, he said.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amritsar Rural Kanwalpreet Singh Chahal said that the operation was executed under the close supervision of SP (Investigation) Ramandeep Singh, DSP Gurinderpal Singh Nagra and DSP Attari Yadwinder Singh.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 425 dated 30-09-2026 under section 25(8) of the Arms Act and sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act has been registered at Police Station Gharinda in Amritsar Rural.
