Amritsar Commissionerate Police have busted two illegal arms and narcotics supply networks and arrested nine people, including two juveniles, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said on Saturday, November 14. Police said they also solved an attempt-to-murder and snatching case in the same set of operations.

Source: Bright Punjab Express (Punjab Police statement)

Police teams 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, the DGP said. A Honda Activa scooter used by the accused was also impounded, police said.

Who was arrested

The adults named by police are Harpreet Singh, 34, of Bhakna Kalan village in Amritsar; 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; Rohit alias Chohi, 21, and Kavijit Singh, 21, both of Khandwala in Amritsar; and Sanjay Kumar alias Motta, 24, of Bhalla Colony in Amritsar. The two juveniles have not been named. Police said several of the arrested men have previous cases against them relating to robbery, snatching, the NDPS Act and the Arms Act - a police claim that has not been tested in court.

The three operations, as police described them

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, Sukhdev Singh alias Sukh, Karandeep Singh alias Kalu and the two juveniles - recovering two pistols, four live cartridges and the 4 kg of heroin from them, according to the police statement.

In a second operation, police said, teams arrested Harpreet Singh and recovered two .32 bore pistols and two live cartridges from him.

In the third operation, police said they cracked an attempt-to-murder and snatching case with the arrest of Rohit alias Chohi, Kavijit Singh and Sanjay Kumar alias Motta, recovering one Glock 9MM pistol and three live cartridges. Police said three unidentified assailants had earlier opened fire at complainant Inderpreet Singh, injuring him in the leg, and snatched Rs 3,000, an artificial kada and a ring before fleeing; a case had been registered at Police Station A-Division.

Allegation of a task to target police buildings

The CP said interrogation had revealed that accused Sanjay Kumar had allegedly been assigned a task by foreign-based handlers to target police establishments. That is a police allegation reported by the force; it has not been proved, and no handler has been named or produced. Awaaz Punjab reports it as the police claim, not as an established fact.

Cases registered, and what happens next

Police said three 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 at Police Station Cantonment; FIR No. 212 dated November 12, 2026, under Section 25 of the Arms Act 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 Yadav said further investigation is under way to identify other associates, trace the complete backward and forward linkages of the networks, and dismantle the wider criminal networks involved in illegal arms trafficking and drug smuggling. The accused will face the cases in court, where the police allegations will be tested.

Source: Punjab Police (official post)