Overview

• Acting on a BSF input near Mehdipur in the Khemkaran sector, SSOC Amritsar and the BSF conducted a joint combing operation that recovered a weapons consignment.
• The haul included two AK-47 rifles, a PX5 Storm pistol, one pistol magazine, and two AK-47 magazines with ammunition.
• An FIR dated October 13 was registered at the SSOC Amritsar police station under multiple Arms Act provisions, sections 111 and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and Section 3 of the Passport Act.
• Amritsar Rural Police arrested Amarbir Singh of Dairiwal and recovered six pistols, 11 magazines, 91 cartridges of .30 bore, and 20 cartridges of 9mm, with investigators noting preliminary links to Pakistan and recent contacts in Canada.
• Police say forensic and network-tracing work is ongoing to identify other operatives, map supply routes, and dismantle the broader transnational smuggling module.