Overview

• Counter Intelligence Amritsar arrested Mahesh alias Ashu Masih, Angrej Singh and Arshdeep Singh on October 11 after an intelligence tip.
• Officers intercepted the trio near Bhoose village in Amritsar Rural after a reported drone drop in Marhi Kamboke in Tarn Taran and seized the consignment en route to Gharinda.
• The haul comprised three 9mm pistols and five .30-bore pistols with magazines, and police impounded a Hero Splendor motorcycle used for transport.
• Investigators attribute operational direction to an unnamed Pakistan-based smuggler using drones, a lead they describe as preliminary.
• Police allege the weapons were bound for gangsters in Punjab, and two of the accused were already wanted in earlier Arms Act cases in Amritsar.