In a major blow to illegal arms smuggling, the State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), SAS Nagar, has apprehended one person for running an inter-state organised arms smuggling racket. Four illegal .32 pistols have also been recovered, said Punjab police on Friday.
The Special Cell of the Delhi Police in Dwarka arrested two inter-state traffickers on Monday, making a recovery of six country-made pistols and 12 live cartridges from them. The accused have been identified as Ajrudeen alias Ajru PS-Bichhor (32) and Mohammad Rashid (28), both residents o
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday, recovered four China made pistols and 50 rounds of Pakistan ammunition in the border area of Punjab's Tarn Taran district, the official stated.
A gym trainer identified as Vishal has been arrested, along with two semi-automatic pistols and 25 live cartridges that were recovered from his possession at the time of his apprehension.
"Amritsar Commissionerate Police arrests 5 persons for running an inter-state organised crime syndicate and recovers 2 pistols, 8 live rounds They had procured weapons from Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh," the Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav posted on X.
Troops of the Border Security Force (BSF) seized two pistols, four magazines and 40 rounds of bullets filled in the magazine from a recovered drone in Nissoke village of Punjab's Amritsar district on Wednesday, said a press statement.
"Acting swiftly on intelligence inputs, #Amritsar Rural Police in two different cases arrested six persons and recovered 8 Kg Heroin and 3 pistols with Rs30000 drug money," the Punjab DGP said in a post on 'X'.
The Delhi Police special cell arrested an inter-state firearms trafficker and recovered 10 pistols concealed within the front doors of his high-end car, police officials said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition including foreign-made pistols and revolvers during searches in Sandeshkhali.