Accused was directly in touch with Pak-based smuggler Rana Dyal—DGP
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Amritsar, August 5-
Amidst the ongoing special drives to ensure peaceful celebrations of forthcoming Independence Day-2024, Punjab Police has busted a cross-border smuggling module with the arrest of an operative of Pak-based smuggler Rana Dyal, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.
The arrested accused has been identified as Rajwant Singh alias Raju, a resident of village Attalgarh in Amritsar. Police teams have recovered two sophisticated 9MM Glock pistols along with two magazines from his possession, besides, impounding his motorcycle CT-100 (PB02AL7481), on which he was going to deliver the consignment.
DGP said that SSOC Amritsar had received an intel-input that Rajwant Singh Raju has recently procured a consignment of smuggled weapons and narcotics, and was on his way to deliver it to a party near Khurmanian Morh on Attari-Amritsar Road. Acting swiftly on the input, police team from SSOC Amritsar cordoned off the specified area in a planned manner and apprehended accused Rajwant Raju and recovered weapon consignment during the search, he added.