Punjab: Punjab police on Wednesday busted a Pakistan-backed drug smuggling racket with the arrest of two persons with 7 kg of heroin and 5 pistols.
Police also recovered five live cartridges and five magazines from their possession.
Those arrested have been identified as Gurmukh Singh and Jagwant Singh, both residents of Punjab's Tarn Taran district.
"In a major blow to the trans-border smuggling amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police has busted Pak-backed drug smuggling racket with the arrest of two persons and recovered 7kg heroin and five pistols-- including four 9MM Glock pistols and one .32 bore pistol-- from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Wednesday," as per a presss release from the Punjab Information And Public Relations Department.
"Those arrested have been identified as Gurmukh Singh, a resident of Bhura Kona in Tarn Taran and Jagwant Singh of Mehdipur in Tarn Taran.
Apart from recovering heroin and weapons, police teams have also recovered five live cartridges and five magazines from their possession, besides, impounding their Swift Dzire car (PB 38 D 1759)," as per the release.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that acting on secret information about two smugglers on their Swift Dzire car are going to deliver a weapon consignment, Police teams from Amritsar Rural conducted a special Naka near village Muhawa in the area of Gharinda and arrested the accused persons after recovering five pistols and ammunition from their possession. (with Agency inputs)
