Overview

• Punjab Police arrested Sikanderjeet Singh, Pradeep Singh, Jarnail Singh and a 17-year-old juvenile in two smuggling modules linked to Pakistan-based handlers.
• Officers recovered seven pistols—two Glock, four .30-bore Star and one .32-bore—along with six live cartridges and the suspects’ motorcycle.
• Preliminary investigations show the consignments were retrieved from drone drops near the international border to fuel conflicts between local gangs.
• Two FIRs under the Arms Act were registered at Gate Hakima and B-Division police stations in Amritsar as inquiries expand to chart the wider network.
• A parallel Counter Intelligence operation detained five more suspects and seized six pistols with magazines and eight live cartridges directed by a Pakistan-based smuggler.