Two held with 10 Pistols
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Amritsar, December 15-
In an intelligence-led operation, SSOC Amritsar has busted an inter-state illegal gunrunning module backed by USA based handlers with the arrest of its two members and recovered 10 .32 bore country-made pistols along with 20 magazines and ammunition from their possession, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday.
Those arrested have been identified as Satnam Singh alias Prince, a resident of Buttar Kalan of Batala and Manjit Singh, resident of Bhagi Nangal in Batala. DGP said that preliminary investigations have revealed that primarily, accused Satnam alias Prince was in touch with his USA-based handler identified as Sunny Masih alias Gulli, who is wanted in multiple cases of heroin smuggling. For his convenience, accused Satnam also involved his relative Manjit into drug peddling and transportation of illegal weapons, he said.
He said that investigations have also revealed that the accused persons were procuring illegal weapons from Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand on the directions of their USA based handler to further supply them to Punjab-based gangsters.