CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR: In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar Rural Police has dismantled an illegal arms and narcotics supply network with the arrest of three persons—including woman, her husband and her brother, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.
Police teams have recovered 10.030 kg of heroin, two sophisticated assault rifles including one AK-47 and one AK-56 along with three magazines and 10 live cartridges from their possession.
Those arrested have been identified as Sandeep Singh (32) and his wife Kamaljit Kaur (31), both residents of Village Brar in Amritsar Rural; and Kamaljit’s brother Bikramjit Singh (23), a resident of Village Gumanpura in Amritsar Rural. Accused Sandeep Singh is a history-sheeter with four criminal cases pertaining to Arms Act, NDPS act, etc, registered against him.
IGP Gurpreet Bhullar revealed that preliminary investigation uncovered a unique modus operandi wherein the accused had taken approximately one acre of land on lease for a guava orchard at Village Modhe, situated merely 500 meters from the India-Pakistan border fence.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 420 dated 25.09.2026 under Sections 21, 23, and 29 of the NDPS Act and Section 25 of the Arms Act has been registered at Police Station Gharinda in Amritsar Rural.
