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𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝟓 𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟏𝟎 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬.
Preliminary investigation reveals that the accused were in contact with Pakistan-based smugglers through social media platforms and were facilitating illegal arms consignments for further supply to criminal elements on their directions, said Punjab DGP Mr. Gaurav Yadav, in a tweet on X.
FIR registered at PS Cantonment, Amritsar under the Arms Act. Further investigation is underway to trace forward and backward linkages of the illegal arms network.