Chandigarh, Sep 4
In a coordinated crackdown based on timely intelligence, the Amritsar Commissionerate Police has arrested three men involved in cross-border organised arms and hawala network, Punjab's Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said here on Thursday.
Those arrested have been identified as Harpreet Singh, 23, a resident of Kot Mehtab village in Amritsar, Gurpal Singh, 21, a resident of Sursingh village in Tarn Taran, and Ranjodh Singh, 33, a resident of Viring village in Tarn Taran.
Preliminary investigation has revealed the accused, Harpreet Singh and Gurpal Singh, who earlier went to Malaysia, are linked with cross-border smugglers, he said.
Bhullar said on further disclosure of Gurpal Singh, accused Ranjodh Singh was named during the investigation and was arrested along with two pistols and Rs 3.5 lakh drug money. This drug money was of contraband trade, which was to be routed through hawala to Pakistan, he added.