Chandigarh, Oct 14 || Amritsar Rural Police have busted an illegal weapon smuggling module linked to Canada and Pakistan, Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said here on Tuesday.
Amarbir Singh, a resident of Dairiwal in the police station of Tarsikka in Amritsar, was arrested, and six pistols, 11 magazines and 91 cartridges of .30 bore and 20 cartridges of 9mm were recovered from his possession.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused recently returned from Canada and was in contact with Pakistan-based smugglers, said the DGP.
A first information report (FIR) has been registered, and further investigations are underway to identify the other operatives, trace forward and backward linkages, and dismantle the entire cross-border smuggling network.
In an intelligence-based operation a day earlier, the State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) Amritsar, in a joint operation with Border Security Force (BSF), recovered a consignment of three weapons, comprising two AK-47 rifles, close to the Indo-Pak border falling under Khemkaran in Tarn Taran.