Punjab Newsline | Amritsar
Amritsar Commissionerate Police has arrested nine individuals, including two juveniles, in connection with two illegal arms and narcotics supply networks. The police have also solved an attempt-to-murder and snatching case, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Saturday.
During the operations, police recovered five illegal pistols, including two .32 bore pistols, one 9mm pistol, one .30 bore pistol and one Glock 9mm pistol, along with nine live cartridges and 4 kg of heroin. A Honda Activa scooter was also impounded.
The arrested accused have been identified as Harpreet Singh (34), a resident of Bhakna Kalan; Malkiat Singh alias Meeta (27) of Chawinda Kalan; Sukhdev Singh alias Sukh (24) of Naushehra Dhalla in Tarn Taran; Karandeep Singh alias Kalu (24) of Rajatal; Rohit alias Chohi (21) and Kavijit Singh (21), both residents of Khandwala; and Sanjay Kumar alias Motta (24) of Bhalla Colony. Two juveniles have also been apprehended.
Police said several of the arrested accused have previous criminal records, with cases related to robbery, snatching, the NDPS Act and the Arms Act registered against them.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said further investigation is underway to identify other associates, establish backward and forward linkages and dismantle the wider criminal networks involved in illegal arms trafficking and drug smuggling.
Sharing details of the operations, Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Harmanbir Singh Gill said that in the first operation, teams from Police Station Cantonment acted on specific intelligence inputs and arrested five accused, including Malkiat Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Karandeep Singh and two juveniles. Police recovered two pistols, four live cartridges and 4 kg of heroin from their possession.
In another operation, police arrested Harpreet Singh and recovered two .32 bore pistols along with two live cartridges from him.
In the third operation, police solved an attempt-to-murder and snatching case with the arrest of Rohit alias Chohi, Kavijit Singh and Sanjay Kumar alias Motta. One Glock 9mm pistol and three live cartridges were recovered from them.
According to police, three unidentified assailants had opened fire at complainant Inderpreet Singh, injuring him in the leg, before snatching ₹3,000 in cash, an artificial kada and a ring and fleeing from the spot. A case in this connection was registered at Police Station A-Division.
The CP further revealed that interrogation had indicated that accused Sanjay Kumar was allegedly assigned a task by foreign-based handlers to target police establishments.
Three separate FIRs have been registered in connection with the cases. FIR No. 211 dated November 12, 2026, under Sections 25(6,7,8) of the Arms Act, Sections 21-C and 29 of the NDPS Act, and Section 78 of the Juvenile Justice Act, and FIR No. 212 dated November 12, 2026, under Section 25 of the Arms Act, were registered at Police Station Cantonment.
Meanwhile, FIR No. 163 dated November 4, 2026, under Sections 109, 125-B, 304(2), 126(2), 3(5) and 317(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, was registered at Police Station A-Division.
