— ARRESTED PERSONS WERE IN CONTACT WITH PAK-BASED SMUGGLERS, SUPPLYING HEROIN AND WEAPON CONSIGNMENTS ACROSS STATE: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— ALL THE ACCUSED ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO EACH OTHER AND BELONG TO THE SAME EXTENDED FAMILY, SAYS CP ASR GURPREET BHULLAR
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, January 27:
In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar Commissionerate Police (CP) has busted a cross-border narco-arms smuggling module with the arrest of four operatives and recovered 1.5 kg heroin and ₹1.98 lakh drug money from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.
Those arrested have been identified as Jaskinder Singh alias Sikander, Harpal Singh, Gurmukh Singh and Sukhdeep Singh, all residents of village Ranian in Amritsar. Apart from recovering heroin and drug money, police teams have also recovered two sophisticated pistols— including one 9MM pistol and one .30 bore pistol— along with 34 live cartridges— manufactured in Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF)— from their possession.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused persons, in active connivance with their foreign-based handlers, are in contact with Pak-based smugglers through social media platforms. Acting on their directions, the arrested persons were retrieving consignments of illegal arms and heroin being transported via drones from across the border, and further supplying to various locations in Punjab, he said.
The DGP said further investigation is underway to trace forward and backward linkages in this case.
Sharing operational details, Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that acting on specific and reliable secret information, teams from CP Amritsar carried out a well-planned operation and arrested four accused involved in a cross-border smuggling and recovered drug money and 34 live cartridges from their possession. On the disclosure statements of arrested accused Gurmukh Singh and Sukhdeep Singh, police teams have recovered two pistols, while, consignment of 1.5 kg heroin was recovered on the disclosure of accused Jaskinder Singh and Harpal Singh, he added.
The CP said that further investigation has revealed that the all the accused are closely related to each other and belong to the same extended family. Whereas, accused Harpal Singh and Gurmukh Singh are brothers, Jaskinder Singh alias Sikander and Sukhdeep Singh are their nephews, he said, while adding that it was also found that all four accused fall within the age group of 19 to 33 years and have no previous criminal antecedents.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 11 dated 22-01-2026 has been registered under section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station Civil Lines in Amritsar.
