𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐀𝐦𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝟏𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧-𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬.

Preliminary investigation reveals that the accused were working at the behest of a foreign-based gangster in coordination with #Pakistan-based smugglers, facilitating the smuggling of illegal arms into #India. The consignment was intended for further distribution among criminal elements across #Punjab.

An FIR has been registered at PS SSOC, #Amritsar under relevant provisions of the Arms Act and BNS Act. Further investigation is underway to establish forward and backward linkages and dismantle the entire smuggling network.