Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav on Wednesday said that the counterintelligence arrested two people for allegedly possessing 10 kg Heroin and arms and ammunition.
Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav identified the arrested persons as Kulbir Singh, Hira Singh, and Davinder Singh, all residents of village Chambal in Tarn Taran. The Police have also booked accused Yadwinder Singh, he added.
According to the official crime data of the state, the number of murders this year has reduced from 723 in 2021 to 654 in 2022 whereas kidnappings have decreased from 1,787 in 2021 to 1,645 in 2022.
The arrested smugglers identified as Dalbir and Jagdish, both residents of Gharinda in Amritsar, were engaged in drug trafficking for the last three years and have no criminal case registered against them, according to a statement from Information and Public Relations Department, Punjab.
Mohali Police on Saturday got two-days remand of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in connection with a case of criminally intimidating and threatening an owner of a hotel.
Punjab Police arrested six persons, including two juveniles, accused of the Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) attack, carried out at Police Station Sarhali building in Tarn Taran December 9.
The Punjab police have successfully solved the double murder case of a Nakodar-based cloth merchant and his personal security officer (PSO) Mandeep Singh with the arrest of three accused from Bathinda.