The Amritsar police on Saturday arrested Akashdeep Singh, who is a known criminal and a member of the Billa Arjan Manga gang, as per the police officials.
The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), Border Range, Amritsar, busted a cross-border narco-smuggling racket and apprehended two smugglers with 4.5 kg of heroin and Rs 11 lakh.
In a post on X, DGP Punjab Police said, "In an intelligence-led operation, Amritsar Rural Police busts an illegal Arms smuggling module linked to #Italy based Gurpreet Singh @ Gopy working in close coordination with #Pakistan-based smugglers and arrests four operatives and recovers 9 weap
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday searched 15 locations linked with the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror organisation in Punjab and Haryana in Amritsar police post grenade attack case.
Troops of the Border Security Force (BSF) added a drone, opium, and two packets of heroin to their seizure haul in two separate recoveries near the Indo-Pak border on Tuesday.
Continuing its seizure spree, the BSF troops, acting diligently on a credible intelligence, launched an extensive search operation and successfully recovered one pistol in the morning hours of Sunday, according to a press release.
According to the officials on Sunday, the heroin consignment had been smuggled into India by Pakistan-based handlers and was further meant for distribution across Punjab.
BSF and the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) conducted a well-coordinated, precise intelligence-based joint operation that led to the significant apprehension of three outlaws and the seizure of six pistols near an area adjacent to Khalsa College in district Amritsar on Friday evening.
The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a drone and a heroin packet from the Amritsar border in two separate recoveries, the BSF said in a press release on Friday.
The two accused, Sukhchain Singh and Jugraj Singh, were intercepted while transporting a weapons consignment allegedly sent by a Pakistan-based smuggler named Noor, officials said.