Gang that smuggled guns from MP to sell in Punjab busted; 3 held
Police recovered 11 Pistols, 15 live cartridges, ₹2 lakh cash in this operation.
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An FIR under Arms Act and Money Laundering Act was registered at State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) Amritsar. (File) The Punjab Police Sunday busted a gang involved in the smuggling of arms from Madhya Pradesh and supplying them in Punjab and arrested people from Batala in Gurdaspur district, DGP Gaurav Yadav said.
Police recovered 11 pistols, including six .32 bore pistols and five .30 bore pistols, apart from 15 cartridges and Rs 2 lakh in cash from them, Yadav said, adding the accused were identified as Anmol Singh, Karandeep Masih and Jagroop Singh, all from Batala.
DGP Yadav said acting on information about illegal weapons being smuggled from Madhya Pradesh to supply them to criminal elements in Punjab, police teams from the Amritsar Counter Intelligence wing launched a special operation and apprehended three persons from Fatehgarh Churian in Batala when they were travelling on their motorcycle.
“During questioning, the accused disclosed that they were receiving money through ‘hawala’ from their USA-based accomplices to buy arms and ammunition from Madhya Pradesh,” Yadav said, adding, police teams are putting all efforts to unearth the whole network, and identify the complete procurement and supply chain across to bust the network.
Their USA-based accomplices have been identified as Kirandeep Singh Randhawa, a native of village Gurchak in Batala, and Jarmanjit Singh, a native of Naurangabad in Tarn Taran.
Preliminary investigations have also revealed that the gang was hatching a conspiracy to target their rival gang members.
A case under relevant sections of the Arms Act, IPC and the Money Laundering Act has been registered, he said.
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