Amritsar, April 27 - Punjab Police has busted an arms smuggling module with alleged links to Pakistan and arrested a person from Amritsar. Seven pistols, four live cartridges and Rs 1.50 lakh have been allegedly recovered from the accused.
Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said in a post on X, "Based on an intelligence input, Counter Intelligence Amritsar has busted an illegal arms smuggling module linked to Pakistan. Police arrested Abhishek Kumar from Amritsar, recovered 7 pistols (including 5 pistols of .30 bore and 2 Glock 9 mm pistols), 4 live cartridges (.30 bore) and Rs 1,50,000 from his possession. He said that Australia-based Jassa, in collaboration with Pakistan-based smugglers, arranges illegal arms/ammunition smuggling through the Indo-Pak border with the help of his local associates Jodhbir Singh alias Jodha and Abhishek Kumar. The DGP said that preliminary investigation has revealed that Abhishek Kumar and Jodhbir Singh alias Jodha are also allegedly involved in hawala transactions, which indicates their connection with a larger network involved in criminal activities. An FIR has been registered in this regard with the State Special Operations Cell, Amritsar. He said that investigation is on to nab others involved in the arms smuggling module.