Police also recover 13.1kg Chemical, 6Kg Opium from their possssion
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Amritsar, November 15-
In a major breakthrough, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted trans-border narco smuggling and arms cartel with the arrest of two persons and seized 8.27kg Heroin, 6kg opium, 13.1kg chemical and 4 pistols including one sophisticated 9MM Glock along with 17 cartridges from their possession, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.
Those arrested have been identified as Aditya Pratap alias Kaka (23), a resident of Bhalla Colony in Cheharta, Amritsar and Shambhu Kabir (35), a resident of Prem Nagar, Kot Khalsa now Bhai Manjh Sahib, Tarn Taran Road in Amritsar.
DGP said that both the arrested accused persons have criminal history as cases pertaining to NDPS act and Arms Act registered against both of them, while, accused Shambhu Kabir is also wanted in a murder case.
Sharing more details, CP Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that following reliable inputs about the involvement of accused Aditya alias Kaka in smuggling of weapons, police teams from Police Station Islamabad laid a trap and arrested him from Band Bhatha at Prem Nagar Road in Kot Khalsa, Amritsar and recovered two pistols— including .32 bore and .30 bore, and 13 live cartridges from his possession.