Punjab: Cross-Border Smuggler-Gangster Nabbed With Sophisticated Weapons, Heroin

Chandigarh: Punjab police on Sunday claimed to have busted a cross-border smuggling network with the arrest of smuggler-cum-gangster identified as Hardeep Singh alias Deepa, a resident of Ferozepur and recovery of three sophisticated weapons - one 9 mm Glock pistol, one .30 mm Beretta pistol and one pump-action gun along with three magazines and 141 assorted cartridges.

Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, Gaurav Yadav said the police also recovered 45 grams heroin from his possession, besides, impounding his Maruti Swift car, in which he was travelling.

The DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that these weapons were sourced from Pakistan.

Sharing more details, AIG, Counter Intelligence, Ferozepur, Lakhbir Singh said that police teams had received a reliable intel-input that Deepa was to supply weapons to the criminal elements and the police teams thus, laid a Naka in Kotkapura and signalled the driver of the suspected Swift car to stop, he said.

However, instead of stopping the car, the accused escaped from the spot leading to a hot chase, he added.

He further said that police teams nabbed the accused in the area of village Punj Garain, when his vehicle turned turtle after he abruptly took a turn towards a small road. The accused has a criminal history with four cases registered against him under the Arms Act, attempt to murder, and other serious offences, the AIG added.