The Punjab police arrested two operatives dealt with from overseas by the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) after a quick encounter, stated DGP Punjab Police Gaurav Yadav in a put up on X on Thursday. One of the accused obtained a bullet harm in his leg and the police took him to a close-by hospital.
“SAS Nagar Police in a joint operation with Batala Police busts a module and arrested its 2 operatives handled from abroad by the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). They were involved in various killings,” the put up learn.
ISI-backed terror module operated by Harvinder Rinda and his associates, who have been recruiting kids by offering funds of their financial institution accounts and smuggled international arms from the border space with the assistance of drones, he added.
The police recovered 4 pistols and 10 reside cartridges from their possession.
Punjab Police launches crackdown on medicine, arms smugglers
Earlier, Punjab Police on December 31 claimed to have busted a cross-border drug and arms smuggling racket being operated by USA-based smuggler Mannu Mahawa with the arrest of two individuals from Amritsar.
State police chief Gaurav Yadav stated the 2 arrested have been recognized as Sandeep Singh and Roshan. Police groups have additionally seized 19 kg of heroin, Rs 23 lakh drug cash, seven pistols, together with a complicated 9mm Glock, Pakistan-stamped ammunition, foreign money counting machine and drone gear, together with a distant controller and spare followers, the highest police officer stated.
Besides, a automobile by which the 2 arrested accused have been going to produce the heroin consignment has been impounded, he stated in an official assertion.
Yadav stated that preliminary investigations have revealed that the accused have been straight in contact with USA-based smuggler Mannu Mahawa and have been supplying heroin throughout the state after smuggling these from Pakistan.
Amritsar Commissionerate Police groups have been additionally investigating hawala hyperlinks and property particulars to get them frozen, the DGP added.
Sharing particulars of the operation, Amritsar Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar stated police groups had obtained info that associates of Mannu Mahawa had retrieved the heroin consignment despatched by Pakistan-based smugglers and have been on the way in which to ship it to somebody.
Following this, police groups performed a particular checking operation in an space in Amritsar district and arrested each the accused whereas they have been ready for somebody to ship the consignment, Bhullar stated. The police officer stated that efforts have been being made to establish the whole amount of narcotics and weapons procured by the arrested accused to date. A case has been registered below the provisions of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Arms Act.
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