Police bust cross-border arms smuggling module

PK Jaiswar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 5

Ahead of Independence Day celebrations, the State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) today busted a cross-border smuggling module with the arrest of an operative of Pakistan-based smuggler Rana Dyal.

Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, Gaurav Yadav said here on Monday that the arrested accused was identified as Rajwant Singh alias Raju, a resident of village Attalgarh in Amritsar.

Police have recovered two sophisticated 9mm Glock pistols along with two magazines from his possession besides impounding the motorcycle (PB-02-AL-7481) on which he was going to deliver the consignment.

The DGP said that the SSOC here had received specific inputs that Rajwant Singh Raju had recently procured a consignment of smuggled weapons and narcotics, and was on his way to deliver it near Khurmanian Morh on Attari-Amritsar Road. Acting swiftly, a police team cordoned off the designated area in a planned manner, apprehended the accused and recovered the consignment during a search, he added.

The DGP said that the arrested accused has been in contact with Pak-based smuggler Rana Dyal, who was pushing huge consignments of weapons and drugs into Indian territory through drones and other means. Further probe was on to ascertain previous smuggling activities carried out by him, he said.

Yadav said that during preliminary investigations, it was discovered that Rajwant Singh has been receiving consignments of drugs and illegal weapons sent by Pak-based smuggler Rana Dyal for quite some time. The smuggled weapons were meant for sale to local buyers, he added. A case has been registered in this regard.