— ARRESTED ACCUSED WERE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH PAK-BASED SMUGGLERS, FACILITATING THE CROSS-BORDER SUPPLY OF ILLEGAL ARMS: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— ARRESTED ACCUSED PERSONS HAD COMMON HANDLER ON WHOSE DIRECTIONS ACCUSED WERE WORKING: CP ASR GURPREET BHULLAR
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, February 3:
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 dismantled an illegal arms smuggling module with the arrest of three operatives and recovered seven sophisticated pistols from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.
Those arrested have been identified as Resham Singh alias Ghulla (30), a resident of village Daleri in Tarn Taran, Sumit alias Sachin (28), a resident of Gumanpura in Amritsar and Vishal Kumar (22), a resident of Bhikhiwind in Tarn Taran. The recovered pistols include three 9MM Glock Pistols, one 9MM Beretta made in Italy, one 9MM Zigana made in Turkey, one 9MM PX5 Glock made in Turkey and one .30 bore pistol.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused persons were directly in contact with a Pakistan-based smugglers through social media platforms, who used to send consignments of illegal arms via drones. As per directions of their handlers, arrested accused persons further delivering these illegal weapons to intended recipients, he said.
The DGP said that further investigation is ongoing to establish 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, police teams carried out a well-planned operation during which accused Resham Singh alias Ghulla was apprehended and two 9mm Glock pistols were recovered from his possession, while three more pistols were recovered from a spot pinpointed by him in his disclosure statement, he said.
The CP said that during further interrogation, arrested accused Resham alias Ghulla revealed about his accomplice identified as Sumit alias Sachin, who was also arrested during the operation and two pistols were recovered from his possession. On further investigation, accused Vishal Kumar was also arrested in the late evening, he added.
He said that arrested accused persons had common handler on whose directions accused Resham used to pick-up the consignments from near the border, while Sumit alias Sachin was delivering them further in the disguise of his car sale/purchase business.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 18 dated 01-02-2026 has been registered under sections 25(1-A), 6, 7 and 8 of the Arms Act at Police Station Cantonment in Amritsar.
