Pakistan-based smugglers held with arms, 3 kg heroin in Amritsar

𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐀𝐦𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟔 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟔 𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐬 (𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐗 𝟓.𝟕×𝟐𝟖 𝐦𝐦 𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬), 𝟔𝟎 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟑.𝟓𝟏𝟑 𝐊𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐧.

Punjab Police on Sunday said it has arrested six persons who were allegedly part of a cross-border arms and drug smuggling module having links with Pakistan-based smugglers.

Amritsar police also recovered six sophisticated pistols, 60 live cartridges and 3.51 kg heroin from the accused, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said.

Preliminary investigation reveals links with Pakistan-based smugglers, who were facilitating the supply of weapons and narcotics near the Indo-Pak border. The accused were operating under a cross-border handler, indicating a larger organised smuggling network.,

FIRs have been registered at PS Gate Hakima, PS Chheharta & PS Verka, Amritsar. Further investigation is underway to establish forward and backward linkages and dismantle the entire network.

Punjab Police remain committed to its zero-tolerance approach against drugs, illegal arms trafficking and organised crime, the DGP wrote in a post on X.