Amritsar police bust cross-border arms smuggling module; juvenile among 6 held
Seven firearms, including five Glock pistols and two .30 bore pistols, seized; accused were in direct contact with foreign-based handler operating from Portugal
The Amritsar police commissionerate busted yet another cross-border illegal arms smuggling module and arrested six
accused, including one juvenile.
Acting on specific intelligence inputs, the police launched a targeted operation, leading to the apprehension of the accused and recovery of a cache of sophisticated weapons.
The accused have been identified as Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, Munish Kumar alias Jerry, Saroop Singh alias Roop, Chamkaur Singh, Vansh Sharma, and a minor.
Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said a total of seven firearms were seized from their possession, including five Glock 9mm pistols and two .30 bore pistols.
The recovery is considered significant, as such high-end weapons are often linked to organised crime networks, he pointed out.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused were in direct contact with a foreign-based handler operating from Portugal.
The handler is suspected to have played a key role in facilitating the smuggling of illegal arms from across the Pakistan border into India. The accused allegedly acted as local conduits, further supplying these weapons to criminal elements in the region.
Efforts are underway to trace forward and backward linkages, including identifying other associates and beneficiaries of the smuggled weapons.
A case has been registered at Police Station Cantonment, Amritsar, under relevant sections of the BNS and Arms Act. Further investigation is in progress to dismantle the entire network and ascertain the full extent of the operation.
