Punjab Police bust gang of weapon smugglers

Chandigarh, Jan 9 : In a major inter-state operation, the Punjab Police on Saturday busted a gang of Madhya Pradesh-based weapons smugglers who were supplying illegal arms and ammunition to gangsters in Punjab, and arrested two persons and seized a huge cache of arms.
The weapons seized include 12.32 bore country-made pistols and 15 magazines.
The gang apparently also has links with certain Punjab-based terrorists and is suspected of having supplied over two dozen .32 bore pistols to gangsters and criminals in the state during the last three months alone.
DGP Dinkar Gupta said the intelligence-led operation was carried out under the supervision of Dhruv Dahiya, SSP, Amritsar (Rural), and the suspects – Mahesh Selotia and Jaggu – were nabbed from their native villages in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh by a team led by DSP, Gurinder Nagra.
Gupta said the raids in Khargone were conducted after investigations into the recent seizure of four illegal .32 bore country-made pistols by the Amritsar Rural police revealed the involvement of the MP-based gang led by one Rahul.
The DGP said investigations conducted so far have revealed that this gang has been involved in smuggling several major weapons consignments for Punjab-based gangsters.