3 members of drone-based arms smuggling module held in Punjab

Punjab Police has arrested three more members of the drone-based arms smuggling module and recovered a fresh cache of sophisticated arms and ammunition from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Saturday.

He said that a total of five members of this module have been arrested so far. Those arrested have been identified as Surinder Singh of village Barwala in Tarn Taran, Harchand Singh and Gursahib Singh, both residents of Valtoha in Amritsar.

The police have recovered Rs 1.01 crore cash, 500 grams heroin, 17 pistols along with 400 live cartridges, and one MP-4 rifle along with 300 live cartridges, two weighing machines and two currency counting machines from their possession.

Earlier on Wednesday, the police team of the Counter Intelligence, Amritsar had arrested two members of this module including a prisoner identified as Jaskaran Singh and his aide Rattanbir Singh, after recovering 10 foreign-made pistols from locations pinpointed by…