— RECOVERED WEAPONS WERE
SMUGGLED INTO INDIA THROUGH CROSS-BORDER CHANNELS: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— ARRESTED ACCUSED HAS A
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND AND RELEASED FROM JAIL A MONTH AGO: AIG CI GURSEWAK SINGH
FEROZEPUR, May 26:
In
a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure
state, Counter Intelligence (CI) Ferozepur has busted a cross-border illegal
arms trafficking module with the arrest of its weapon supplier and recovered
five .30 bore Glock pistols along with four live cartridges from their
possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on
Tuesday.
The
arrested accused has been identified as Lakhwinder Singh, a resident of village
Khehra Ke Uttar in Ferozepur. The arrested accused has a criminal background
and released from jail a month ago.
DGP
Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the
recovered weapons were allegedly smuggled into India through cross-border
channels and intended for further distribution through the network.
The
DGP said that further investigation is underway to uncover forward and backward
linkages in this case to identify all individuals associated with the module.
Sharing
operational details, AIG CI Ferozepur Gursewak Singh said that police teams had
received a reliable input about suspect Lakhwinder Singh working as a weapon
supplier in the region.
Acting
swiftly, the Police team of CI Ferozepur has carried out secret operation in
the Kulgarhi area of Ferozepur and arrested Lakhwinder Singh, he said, while
adding that during his search, police party recovered the consignment of five
sophisticated weapons.
The
AIG said that probe has revealed that the accused was to supply these recovered
weapons to ground operatives of criminal groups on the direction of his
handler. More arrests are recoveries are likely in coming days as the
investigation progresses, he added.
In
this regard, a case FIR No. 103, dated 25-05-2026, under section 25 of the Arms
Act has been registered at Police Station Kulgarhi in Ferozepur.

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