Chandigarh, April 18 (IANS) In a major blow to narco-terror networks, Punjab Police’s State Special Operations Cell (SSOC) Amritsar unit of Counter Intelligence wing has busted a cross-border drug smuggling module by arresting two accused, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday. The police also recovered 64.62 kg of heroin from their possession.Those arrested have been identified as Sarwan Singh, alias Gujjar, a resident of Awan Wasau village in Amritsar, and Shams…
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Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with the arrest of three accused and recovered six sophisticated pistols from their possession, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Tuesday. Those arrested have been identified as Mangal Singh, alias Manga, 30, a resident of Kajikot village in Tarn Taran, Pranav Sharma, alias Laddu, 24, a resident of Orchid Valley in Chheharta in Amritsar, and Gaurav Rana, 25, a residen…
Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) The Punjab Police have busted a cross-border drug and illegal weapon smuggling racket with the arrest of three accused, including a juvenile, and recovered 6.5 kg heroin, one .30 caliber pistol along with six cartridges and Rs 1 lakh drug money from their possession, State Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Saturday. Those arrested have been identified as Nishan Singh, a resident of Mulianwal in Batala; Ravipal Singh, a resident of Raipur; and …
Chandigarh, April 5 (IANS) Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence Wing, in a joint operation with Chandigarh Police and with the assistance of Haryana Police, have arrested the two main perpetrators who had lobbed a hand grenade outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Chandigarh, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday. Those arrested have been identified as Gurtej Singh and Amanpreet Singh, both residents of Rattangarh in Ropar. They were arrested fro…
Chandigarh, April 4 (IANS) Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence Wing, in a joint operation with the Chandigarh Police, have solved the Chandigarh grenade attack case on the BJP office with the arrest of five accused involved in the incident and recovered one hand grenade and one .30 bore Zigana pistol along with ammunition from their possession, State Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Saturday. Those arrested have been identified as Balwinder Lal alias Shami, Jasvir Sing…
Chandigarh, March 22 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) in a joint operation with the Border Security Force (BSF) has busted a Pakistan-backed smuggling module with the arrest of three masterminds and recovered 24.5 kg heroin and Rs 21 lakh drug money from their possession, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said here on Sunday. Those arrested have been identified as Jagjit Singh, alias Rana, a resident of Noorwal village in Amritsa…
Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police’s Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF), in a joint operation with the Special Task Force of Haryana, on Thursday, arrested two shooters involved in the murder of a property dealer in Chandigarh’s Sector-9 after a brief exchange of firing and recovered three sophisticated weapons from their possession, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here. Those arrested have been identified as Rajan alias Piyush Pehalwan, a r…
Chandigarh, March 18 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, Counter Intelligence (CI) of Bathinda has averted a major terror threat with the arrest of two accused and recovered two hand grenades from their possession, Punjab’s Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Wednesday.Those arrested have been identified as Buta Singh, alias Gurpreet Singh, alias Gopu, a resident of Gillwali in Ferozepur and Harmander Singh, alias Nikka, a resident of Mothawali in Moga.DGP Yadav said preliminary investig…
Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) In an intelligence-led operation, the Punjab Police have busted an arms supply module with the arrest of two people, including one juvenile, and recovered five country-made 7.65 mm pistols from their possession, State Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Sunday here. The accused have been identified as Ajay Kumar, a resident of Mehrajwala village in Jalandhar, and a 17-year-old youth. DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the …
Chandigarh, March 7 (IANS) Marking a significant success in ongoing efforts to track and bring back offenders evading justice overseas amidst the ongoing ‘Gangstran Te Vaar’ campaign launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, most-wanted gangster Amritpal Singh, alias Amrit Dalam, has been detained at the Moldova border, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav on Saturday. The fugitive Amritpal Dalam was detained on the basis of an Interpol Red Notice (…