Chandigarh, Oct 15
In a major intelligence-based operation, Amritsar Commissionerate Police have busted a cross-border organised arms and narcotics smuggling module linked to Pakistan by arresting three of its operatives, said Punjab's Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Wednesday.
DGP Yadav said preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused were running an inter-district gang of smuggling and were connected to a Pakistan-based handler. The recovered arms were meant to be supplied to gangsters and criminals to fuel unlawful activities in Punjab, he said.
The accused were retrieving drone-delivered consignments from Amritsar to Fazilka and Tarn Taran sectors, and were further supplying these consignments directly and through location-based delivery systems, he added.