Man held for illegal arms trade through drones

The Valtoha police arrested an arms smuggler with cross-border contacts on Tuesday. The arms smuggler was getting foreign-made weapons with the help of drones.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Preetinder Singh said that the smuggler has been identified as Amritpal Singh, a resident of Mari Kamboke village. He was arrested from Assal Uttar village by the Valtoha police led by Sub-inspector Gurmukh Singh. The DSP said that the smuggler was arrested from the border area and the police recovered three imported revolvers with two magazines and Indian currency to the tune of Rs 30,000 by way of drug money. The DSP said that the accused used to get arms from across the border with the help of drones. A case under section 25, 25 (8) and section 54, 59 of the Arms Act read along with section 10,11 and 12 of the Aircraft Act was registered in the matter.

In another report, the Khalra police arrested one Jashandeep Singh Jashan, a resident of Dall and recovered 260 grams of heroin on Tuesday. A case under section 21C, 61 and 85 of NDPS Act has been registered against the accused.