NEW DELHI: Amritsar police dismantled a cross-border arms and narcotics smuggling community with hyperlinks to Pakistan.Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav shared particulars on Saturday in a put up on X: “In an intelligence-led operation, Counter Intelligence Amritsar busts a cross-border arms & narcotics smuggling module with links to Pakistan & apprehends two operatives,” he wrote.The accused have been recognized as Gurjant Singh and Gurvel Singh, each residents of Tarn Taran. Authorities additionally recovered 2.5 kg of heroin and 5 subtle pistols together with magazines.
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He added that preliminary investigations revealed the arrested accused have been appearing below the instructions of a Pakistan-based smuggler to move contraband throughout the border. The recovered arms have been meant to be equipped to gangsters and criminals to gasoline illegal actions in Punjab.An FIR has been registered at PS SSOC, Amritsar. Additional investigations are underway to reveal the complete nexus, together with the back and forth linkages of the community.This follows an identical operation on October 2, when Amritsar police arrested 5 operatives, together with a juvenile, and recovered 1.5 kg of heroin and several other pistols from one other Pakistan-linked smuggling community, police commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar had knowledgeable.
