— ARRESTED ACCUSED PERSONS WERE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL ARMS AND DRUG TRAFFICKING: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— POLICE TEAMS ARE INVESTIGATING FINANCIAL TRAIL: CP ASR GUPREET BHULLAR
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, February 9:
In an intelligence led operation amidst the ongoing Gangstran Te Vaar campaign launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to make Punjab gangster free state, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has dismantled a cross-border arms and narcotics smuggling module with the arrest of five operatives and recovered six sophisticated pistols, 115 grams heroin and Rs 11.90 lakhs drug money from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.
Those arrested have been identified as Simaranjeet Singh alias Mannu (24), Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi (20), Sukhraj Singh alias Joga (24) and Sajan Singh alias Gursajan Singh alias Ladda, all residents of village Roda Wala Kalan in Amritsar; and Molakdeep Singh (23), a resident of village Ranike in Amritsar. The recovered pistols include two 9MM Glock Made in Austria, one Zigana Made in Turkey, two .32 Bore and one .30 Bore along with 10 live cartridges. Police teams have also impounded their Hyundai Creta car, which they were using for smuggling.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused persons were actively linked to a cross-border smuggling network and were receiving arms and narcotics consignments via drones from across the border. Further investigation is ongoing to establish forward and backward linkages in this case, he said.
Sharing operational details, Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that acting on credible and secret information regarding cross-border smuggling links, police teams have arrested Simranjeet alias Mannu, Molakdeep Singh, Gurpreet alias Gopi, Sukhraj alias Joga and Sajan alias Gursajan alias Ladda, along with a car and recovered two .32 bore pistols from their possession. During further interrogation, additional recoveries were effected, leading to the seizure of four more pistols, 115 gm Heroin and ₹11.90 lakhs drug money indicating their involvement in organised illegal arms and narcotics activities, he said.
The CP said probe has revealed that arrested accused Simaranjeet alias Mannu, Molakdeep Singh and Gurpreet Singh are a repeated offender and were earlier involved in cases under the NDPS Act.
He said that investigation has also revealed that accused Simranjeet alias Mannu had remained a truck driver in Dubai. Police teams are investigating the financial trail and hawala links of this network, he added.
In this regard, a case FIR No 21 dated 03-02-2026 has been registered under sections 25 and 25(8) of the Arms Act and sections 21B, 27A and 29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Cantonment in Amritsar.
