Amritsar: Amritsar Commissionerate Police have busted two illegal arms and narcotics supply networks with the arrest of nine individuals, including two juveniles, and have also solved an attempt-to-murder and snatching case, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said on Saturday, November 14.

Source: Bright Punjab Express, Nov 14, 2026

Police recovered five illegal pistols — two .32 bore pistols, one 9mm pistol, one .30 bore pistol and one Glock 9mm pistol — along with nine live cartridges and 4 kg of heroin. A Honda Activa scooter used by the accused was also impounded, police said. Punjab Police announced the same figures in its official social-media announcement of the operation.

Source: Punjab Police (@PunjabPoliceInd) official announcement, Nov 14, 2026

Three operations, nine arrests

Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Harmanbir Singh Gill said that in the first operation, teams from Police Station Cantonment acted on specific inputs and arrested five accused — Malkiat Singh alias Meeta (27) of Chawinda Kalan in Amritsar, Sukhdev Singh alias Sukh (24) of Naushehra Dhalla in Tarn Taran, Karandeep Singh alias Kalu (24) of Rajatal in Amritsar, and two juveniles — recovering two pistols, four live cartridges and the 4 kg of heroin.

In the second operation, police arrested Harpreet Singh (34) of Bhakna Kalan in Amritsar and recovered two .32 bore pistols along with two live cartridges from his possession, the CP said.

In the third operation, police say they cracked the attempt-to-murder and snatching case with the arrest of Rohit alias Chohi (21) and Kavijit Singh (21), both of Khandwala in Amritsar, and Sanjay Kumar alias Motta (24) of Bhalla Colony in Amritsar, recovering one Glock 9mm pistol and three live cartridges. According to police, three assailants had allegedly opened fire at complainant Inderpreet Singh, injuring him in the leg, and snatched Rs 3,000, an artificial kada and a ring before fleeing; that case was registered at Police Station A-Division.

Allegation of a task to target police establishments

The CP said interrogation has revealed that accused Sanjay Kumar had allegedly been assigned a task by foreign-based handlers to target police establishments. This is a police allegation at this stage; the accused have not been tried in court. Police said several of the arrested accused have prior criminal records, with cases of robbery, snatching and offences under the NDPS Act and the Arms Act registered against them.

Cases registered

Three separate cases have been registered: FIR No. 211 dated November 12, 2026 under sections 25(6,7,8) of the Arms Act, sections 21-C and 29 of the NDPS Act and section 78 of the Juvenile Justice Act, and FIR No. 212 dated November 12, 2026 under section 25 of the Arms Act, both at Police Station Cantonment; and FIR No. 163 dated November 4, 2026 under sections 109, 125-B, 304(2), 126(2), 3(5) and 317(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act at Police Station A-Division.

DGP Gaurav Yadav said further investigation is underway to identify other associates, trace the complete forward and backward linkages, and dismantle the wider criminal networks involved in illegal arms trafficking and drug smuggling.