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Punjab Police Busts Major Arms, Drug Ring; Three Arrested with AK-47s, 10kg Heroin
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News18•29-09-2026, 20:45
Punjab Police Busts Major Arms, Drug Ring; Three Arrested with AK-47s, 10kg Heroin
- •Punjab Police dismantled an illegal arms and narcotics supply network in Amritsar, arresting Sandeep Singh, Kamaljit Kaur, and Bikramjit Singh.
- •Authorities seized 10.030 kg of heroin, two sophisticated assault rifles (AK-47 and AK-56), three magazines, and 10 live cartridges.
- •The accused used a guava orchard near the India-Pakistan border as a landing site for drone-dropped consignments.
- •Sandeep Singh, a history-sheeter, and his wife Kamaljit Kaur managed cross-border smuggling, with Bikramjit Singh acting as a courier.
- •The network was allegedly linked to foreign-based smugglers, procuring weapons and narcotics for supply in Punjab.
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Punjab Police arrested three individuals identified as Sandeep Singh, his wife Kamaljit Kaur, and her brother Bikramjit Singh in connection with cross-border smuggling.
Police recovered 10.030 kg of heroin, two sophisticated assault rifles including an AK-47 and an AK-56, three magazines, and 10 live cartridges from the suspects.
The accused leased about one acre of land for a guava orchard at Modhe village, located just 500 metres from the India-Pakistan border, using it as a landing site for drone-dropped consignments.
