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Punjab: Illegal arms smuggling network busted, three held with foreign-made pistols

Amritsar, June 7 (UNI) In a significant breakthrough against illegal arms smuggling networks, Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Border Range Amritsar has arrested three associates of jailed kingpin Jugraj Singh and recovered six sophisticated foreign-made weapons smuggled from across the border from their possession, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.
Those arrested have been identified as Rajan of Bhagtanwala Gate in Amritsar; Paramjit Singh of Heer Hall in Ghannupur, Amritsar and Dinesh Kumar of Naraingarh, Amritsar.
The recovered weapons include two Glock 19X Pistols (Made in Austria), 2 .30 bore Pistols (Made in Italy), One .30 bore Star Mark Pistol and One Baretta .30 bore Pistol (Made in Italy).
Apart from this, police teams have also impounded their Yamaha motorcycle without number plate and Honda Grania scooter without number plate, which they were using to deliver the consignments.
DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigations revealed that the arrested accused were working under the directions of Jugraj Singh of village Mode in Amritsar, who is currently lodged in Central Jail at Sri Goindwal Sahib, and actively running the smuggling racket through his advocate’s Munshi identified as Rajan.
The kingpin Jugraj Singh, who has been facing several criminal cases under the NDPS and Arms act, is reportedly in contact with Pakistani drug traffickers from within the jail, he said.
The DGP said that these weapons were smuggled from across the border and were likely meant to be supplied to criminal elements in Punjab.
Further investigations are on to establish forward and backward linkages in this case, he added.
A case has been registered at Police Station ANTF, SAS Nagar.
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