Chandigarh/Tarn Taran, Oct 20 : Punjab Police on Wednesday recovered a huge cache arms and ammunition besides heroin during a search operation from near the border fencing on the Indo-Pak Border in district Tarn Taran, it was reported today.
The operation was jointly conducted by the Border Security Force (BSF) and Counter Intelligence Amritsar in the area of BOP Mianwali Hithaar in Khemkarn sector.
Officiating Director General of Police (DGP) Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota said that the police received intelligence that some Pak border operatives are trying to move a huge consignment of arms and heroin, following which Counter Intelligence Amritsar was sent to the spot and a search operation was planned with the BSF authorities.
During the combing operation, he said, the teams recovered 22 pistols (most of them .30 bore Star mark) along with 44 magazines and 100 live rounds besides a packet of heroin (weighing 934 grams) packed in a black coloured kit bag hid in a paddy field.
During the preliminary investigations, it has come to light that as ‘conceal and clear’ has been the most practised modus operandi of Pak smugglers, this consignment was placed by them inside Indian territory across the fence and it was supposed to be retrieved by their Indian associates.
The DGP said that a case under sections 511 of the IPC, sections 21, 28, 29 of the NDPS Act, section 25 of the Arms Act and section 14-Finance Act has been registered at SSOC Amritsar police station. Efforts are being made to ascertain the identity of the Pak end as well as their Indian links who were to pick this consignment, he added.
Pertinently, this is not for the first time, the anti-national elements have tried to push such consignments through various channels across the border. In the past also huge caches of illegal weapons have been recovered by the Counter Intelligence wing from different accused, which were meant to disturb the peace and harmony of the state.
On June 10, 2021, a consignment of 48 foreign made pistols was recovered from one Jagjit Singh alias Jaggu of Purian Kalan (Batala). In another operation, the Counter Intelligence Wing had recovered 39 pistols from Barwani (Madhya Pradesh) which were to be supplied to anti-social elements in the state.(UNI)