States »NortPosted at: Apr 16 2021 8:50PM Punjab police bust illegal weapon manufacturing & smuggling module operation out of MP with 3 arrests
Chandigarh/Amritsar Apr 16 (UNI) In a major bust of illicit pistol manufacturing and supply racket, the Punjab Police on Friday busted an inter-state illegal weapon smuggling module with the arrest of three Madhya Pradesh (MP) based arms suppliers involved in large scale of illegal manufacturing and supply of weapons from MP into Punjab as well as other States.
The arrested persons have been identified as Crore Singh and Ram Singh Patwa, both residents of village Pachori at Burhanpur district in Madhya Pradesh while Chander Pal, belongs to village Khakhnaar in the same district. The accused persons were arrested on April 15 by the Amritsar Rural Police during a special operation carried out at Burhanpur district of MP.
The Police have also recovered 30 illegal Pistols including twenty five .32 bore Pistols, five .30 bore Pistols and 32 magazines from the trio besides recovery of a car and a motorcycle.
Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta said that acting on specific inputs, a police team from Amritsar Rural, led by Majitha ASP Abhimanyu Rana and DSP Detective Gurinder Nagra, arrested Crore Singh and Chander Pal from near the bus stand in Burhanpur on April 10. Ten .32 bore pistols and 10 magazines were recovered from their possession, while the third accused Ram Singh Patwa was nabbed from near Gurudwara Badi Sangat in Burhanpur, along with fifteen .32 bore pistols, five .30 bore pistols and 22 magazines.
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