SNE NETWORK.AMRITSAR.
Amritsar Commissionerate Police exposed an inter-state arms smuggling and organized crime gang, arrested four individuals and recovered five sophisticated pistols.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Navdeep Singh alias Nav (25), resident of Gopal Nagar, Majitha Road, Ujjwal Hans (24) resident of PWD Complex, Batala Road, Jashandeep Singh alias Jassa (21), resident of village Dhupsari ,Verka Bypass,Shivam Singh alias Bablu (24), resident of Uttarakhand, currently residing at 88 Feet Road, Laxmi Vihar, Majitha Road, Amritsar.
Sharing details of the operation, CP Amritsar, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar revealed that based on secret information about illegal arms being smuggled into the state from Uttar Pradesh for supply to criminal elements, multiple police teams under the supervision of DCP Investigation Ravinder Pal Singh Sandhu, ADCP Investigation Jagbinder Singh, and ACP Detective Harminder Singh, led by Inspector Amolkdeep Singh (In-charge CIA Staff-1), successfully apprehended the accused from the jurisdiction of Ranjit Avenue Police Station.
During interrogation, the arrested individuals disclosed that they procured weapons from an unidentified individual in Lucknow, U.P, and supplied them to anti-social elements. Investigations are underway to uncover the entire network of suppliers, dealers, and buyers, as well as to trace the total number of weapons procured by the gang so far.
In this regard, an FIR has been registered at Police Station Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar under FIR No. 40 dated 21-04-2025, under Sections 308(5) of BNS and 25/27(3)/54/59-A of the Arms Act.