Overview

• A checkpoint operation at Gate Hakima in Amritsar led to the arrest of three suspects and the recovery of five .30-bore pistols.
• Interrogation disclosures resulted in two more apprehensions, including a 16-year-old, with seven additional pistols and a concealed 1.5 kg heroin consignment recovered.
• Investigators say two accused maintained direct social-media contact with Pakistan-based smugglers coordinating cross-border deliveries.
• Punjab’s police chief said the weapon consignments were intended to fuel inter-gang rivalries in the state as the probe traces forward and backward linkages.
• An FIR was registered at Police Station Gate Hakima under Section 25 of the Arms Act and Sections 21-C and 29 of the NDPS Act, with the accused identified as Joban Singh, Karandeep Singh alias Pandit, Ajaypal Singh, Jashanpreet Singh, and a juvenile.