Amritsar : Commisionerate Police Amritsar claimed to have busted an Interstate arms smuggling gang backed by Gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria with the arrest of its one key member from the area of Maqbulpura in Amritsar city, said CP Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar here on Wednesday.
In a official release, the arrested person has been identified as Jaspreet Singh
alias Jassi (19), a resident of Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar, Amritsar. The arrested accused has been facing three criminal cases pertaining to snatching in different police stations of Amritsar city.
The police team also recovered 10 .32 bore pistols, a backpack and a motorcycle Platina bearing registration number PB46-U-2249 from his possession.
CP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that acting swiftly on a secret information about illegal weapons being smuggled from Madhya Pradesh to supply them to criminal elements in the state, Police team from Maqbulpura Police Station under the supervision of ADCP CITY-3 Abhimanyu Rana launched a special operation and apprehended the accused from the Maqbulpura area when he was travelling on his motorcycle.
“During questioning, the arrested accused disclosed that he received money through ‘Hawala’ from his abroad based accomplice to buy arms from Madhya Pradesh,” he said, while adding that Police teams are putting all efforts to unearth the whole network, identify the complete procurement and supply chain across to bust the network.
Preliminary investigations have also revealed that the gang was hatching a conspiracy to target their rival gang members and commit crimes.
A case FIR no. 264 dated 28-11-2023 has been registered under Section 25(8) of the Arms Act at Maqbulpura Police Station, Amritsar.
