A Delhi Court has recently granted bail to a man arrested in an illegal arms supply network to the gangs of Tillu Tajpuria and Chhenu Pehalwan. Delhi Police crime branch had busted the network after arresting the accused.
The Counter Intelligence (CI) unit of Punjab Police in Amritsar arrested two individuals on Saturday in a major blow to illegal arms smuggling networks amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state. They were apprehended while waiting to receive a weapon consignment smuggle
During the operation, the police seized nine 12-bore rifles, fake arms licenses, and 58 live cartridges from the accused, who had been working as security guards since 2015, said the police.
In a major blow against illegal arms trafficking, Ferozepur police seized a significant cache of weapons, including 11 pistols and 21 magazines on Thursday. While the suspects managed to flee Police teams are using local intelligence to track them, DGP Punjab Police said.
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided 17 locations in Jharkhand and West Bengal in connection with illegal Bangladesh infiltration and recovered fake Aadhaar cards, forged passports, and illegal arms.
Punjab Police on Friday arrested two operatives of the Portugal-based gangster Manpreet Singh, alias Mannu Ghanshampuria, in a breakthrough in the fight against illegal arms smuggling, according to an official press release.
In a significant breakthrough, the Jalandhar Commissionerate Police led by Commissioner of Police Swapan Sharma on Sunday arrested four persons including a key aide of Amritpal Singh for their involvement in the smuggling of illegal arms, drugs, extortion and others.
On October 9, the Amritsar Commissionerate Police dealt a massive blow to the trans-border narcotic network after they seized five-kilogram heroin and Rs 3.95 lakh drug money from Ajnala.
The Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested a 33-year-old man for allegedly being involved in interstate illegal arms trade on Monday, and recovered two country-made pistols with magazines and hundreds of barrels from his possession.