— ACCUSED WERE ACTING AS LOCAL HANDLERS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS AND ILLEGAL ARMS: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— CONSIGNMENT OF DRUGS AND WEAPONS WERE DROPPED IN DENSELY FORESTED AREAS OF THE FEROZEPUR SECTOR: CP ASR GURPREET BHULLAR
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, April 23:
In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border drug and arms smuggling module with the arrest of three accused, and recovered 915 grams ICE (Methamphetamine), five sophisticated pistols from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday.
Those arrested have been identified as Sukhwinder Singh alias Sukha (21), Sola Singh alias Sonu (29) and Karan Singh (22), all residents of village Sahanke in Ferozepur. The recovered pistols include two 9MM Glock and three .30 bore pistols along with two live cartridges.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused were in contact with Pakistan-based smugglers through social media platforms and were receiving contrabands through drones from across the border. Accused were acting as local handlers for the distribution of drugs and illegal arms, he said.
The DGP said that further investigation is underway to trace forward and backward linkages in this case to dismantle the entire network.
Sharing operational details, Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that in a targeted operation based on secret information, police teams arrested suspects Sukhwinder Singh alias Sukha, Sola Singh alias Sonu and Karan Singh.
During the operation, one .30 bore pistol was initially recovered, he said, while adding that on their disclosure, 915 grams of ICE and four additional pistols were recovered from their possession.
The CP said that probe has revealed that consignment of drugs and weapons were dropped in densely forested areas of the Ferozepur sector. The accused used to retrieve these consignments from such locations and further supply them to different areas, he added.
In this regard, a case FIR no. 105 dated 15-04-2026 under section 22-C of the NDPS Act and sections 25 (6, 7(iii) and 8) of the Arms Act has been registered at Police Station Gate Hakima in Amritsar.
