In a major counter-smuggling operation, Amritsar Rural Police, alongside central intelligence units, intercepted a significant cache of illegal arms believed to be tied to cross-border networks. Acting on coordinated intelligence, authorities apprehended five individuals allegedly linked to an arms trafficking route facilitated through drone drops.
Senior police official Maninder Singh confirmed the arrests, noting that the recovered items included an AK-series assault rifle, 90 live rounds, two magazines, two Glock pistols with accompanying magazines, and ₹7.5 lakh believed to be proceeds from narcotics trade. The accused—identified as Joban, Gora, Jaspreet, Sunny, and Shenshan—were intercepted while traveling through Kaler village, where the weapons were seized during a vehicle search.
Preliminary interrogation revealed the arms were intended for delivery to Nav Pandori, reportedly a close aide of known gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria. Authorities believe the consignment was arranged by an individual named Rana, suspected of maintaining links with ISI-backed operatives and potentially associated with the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) network. Rana allegedly used drones to transport the cache into Indian territory.
Separately, in a parallel crackdown, Amritsar police on Saturday arrested four key narcotics traffickers and confiscated over 6 kilograms of heroin. Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar identified one of the arrested, Sarabjeet Joban, as the central figure in the drug operation, reportedly coordinating repeated heroin drops within Indian borders through pre-mapped drop zones.
Both seizures reflect intensifying efforts by security agencies to dismantle transnational smuggling and terror-linked supply chains operating in the region.
