Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Amritsar, March 28-
Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a Pak-backed illegal arms smuggling racket with the arrest of two operatives— who were further supplying weapons to associates of foreign-based Gangsters Lakhbir Landa and Satta Naushera.
DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav has identified the arrested persons as Fateh Singh and Gurpreet Singh, both residents of village Dhalla in Tarn Taran. Police teams have also recovered five sophisticated pistols— two .30 bore PX5 pistols and three .30 bore star marked pistols— from their possession.
The DGP said that the team of CI Amritsar's Tarn Taran wing has received a reliable input that accused Fateh Singh and Gurpreet Singh have established relations with Pakistan-based smuggler identified as Amar of Gharak in Pakistan, who is using drones to deliver the weapons/ammunition consignments from across the border.