The arrested accused has been identified as Lal Singh Chadhar, a resident of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh, and 21 illegal pistols of 0.32 bore each were recovered from his possession, police said.
In one of the biggest heroin seizures of this year, Punjab Police have busted two separate cross-border drug smuggling rackets with the arrest of four drug traffickers after recovering 77.8kg heroin in total and three pistols from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punja
Taking to Twitter, DGP Punjab Police wrote, “In a major breakthrough, @SBSNagarPolice has busted a narco-organised crime syndicate operated by gangster Ravi Balachauria. Two main operatives arrested with seizure of 1.2 Kg Heroin, 3 pistols, 260 live cartridges and Rs 1.4 lakh drug money."
Five suspected terrorists were arrested in Bengaluru on Wednesday by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) for allegedly planning a terror attack in Karnataka's Bengaluru with a huge consignment of explosives and firearms, including pistols, and live cartridges.
Seven country-made pistols, live bullets, walkie-talkie sets and dagger were among the arms and ammunition recovered from five terror suspects who had been radicalised to carry out attacks and were arrested by Bengaluru Police
"Two sharpshooters of the Kala Jathedi-Naresh Sethi-Anil Chippi gang have been arrested by Crime Branch. Six pistols alongwith 14 live cartridges were recovered by Crime Branch," Delhi Police said.
On the basis of secret information regarding cross-border smuggling of arms and ammunition, a team of Counter Intelligence Amritsar carried out a search operation in the area of village Kakkar and successfully recovered four pistols along with magazines from a field, police said.
DGP Punjab Police tweeted, "AGTF, Punjab in a joint operation with Fatehgarh Sahib Police have successfully solved daylight dacoity in #FatehgarhSahib and arrested two criminals involved in the loot of Rs 40.8 lakh from a petrol pump at Vill Bhattmajra, Sirhind after a brief exchange of fire
In a major breakthrough, jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi on Monday confessed before National Investigation Agency (NIA) that in the year 2021, he had given two zigana pistols to the Gogi gang through Goldie Brar from America.