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Mohali police uncover alleged Pakistan-linked drug and arms smuggling racket, four held

Neeraj Bali
Chandigarh, Nov 10 (UNI) Punjab Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of four men suspected of operating a drug and illegal arms supply network linked to Pakistan-based handlers, saying the accused allegedly received heroin consignments dropped by drones across the international border and distributed them in Mohali, Chandigarh and surrounding areas.
Police recovered five firearms, 100 grams of heroin, Rs 1 lakh in suspected drug proceeds and a Hyundai Creta car during the operation carried out in the Kharar area on November 7.
Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police Varun Sharma, addressing a press conference, said preliminary investigations indicated that the accused were in contact with handlers based in Pakistan and were allegedly involved in collecting and distributing narcotics smuggled through drones.
According to police, the suspects collected the heroin consignments from predetermined locations after they were dropped across the border and subsequently supplied the drugs in different parts of the Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula region, commonly known as the Tricity.
The four arrested men have been identified as Manpreet Singh, 23, Sunil Singh alias Sunny, 26, Gurpreet Singh alias Guri, 24, and Sukhchain Singh alias Sukha, 23. All are residents of Punjab's border district of Ferozepur.
Police said a Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) team was patrolling the Kharar area and checking suspicious individuals on November 7 when it received information about the alleged involvement of the four men in drug trafficking and illegal arms supply.
Acting on the information, the team intercepted the suspects and arrested them.
The seized firearms included one .30-bore Zigana pistol, two .32-bore pistols and two .315-bore weapons, according to police.
Investigators also recovered Rs 1 lakh in cash suspected to be proceeds from drug trafficking. Police said the Creta car was allegedly being used to transport drugs and weapons to different locations.
A case was registered under FIR No. 388 at Sadar Kharar police station on November 7 under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Arms Act.
The accused were produced before a court, which granted police custody for four days to facilitate further interrogation.
Police said preliminary checks had not revealed any previous criminal cases registered against the four. Investigators are now attempting to identify the Pakistan-based handlers allegedly coordinating the consignments, establish the source of the recovered firearms and trace the network of individuals suspected of receiving drugs and weapons.
The investigation is also examining whether the suspects were part of a larger organised trafficking operation involving multiple intermediaries operating between Punjab's border districts and the Tricity.
The alleged use of drones has emerged as a significant aspect of the investigation because such consignments can be collected from designated locations without direct physical contact between cross-border suppliers and local recipients.
However, police have yet to publicly disclose the identities of the alleged handlers, the number of suspected drone deliveries or the total quantity of narcotics believed to have passed through the network.
Investigators have also not established publicly whether the recovered firearms were smuggled across the international border or obtained through domestic suppliers.
Further investigation is underway to identify other suspected members of the network and determine the extent of its operations.
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Neeraj Bali
Chandigarh, Nov 10 (UNI) Punjab Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of four men suspected of operating a drug and illegal arms supply network linked to Pakistan-based handlers, saying the accused allegedly received heroin consignments dropped by drones across the international border and distributed them in Mohali, Chandigarh and surrounding areas.

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