3 arrested for supplying weapons to gangsters in Punjab

Punjab Police on Tuesday arrested three people for allegedly supplying weapons to gangsters and drug traffickers in state, a senior officer said.

Gurpreet Singh, Sukhdev Singh and Sarabjit Singh were booked under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, IPC and Disaster Manment Act, police said.

Some of weapons recovered from m included a double barrel rifle and different s of pistols along with live rounds, y said.

According to police, Gurpreet Singh was allegedly in direct contact with several gangsters and drug smugglers lodged in different prisons of state.

Gurpreet Singh's questioning revealed that he was in direct contact with Shubham, a Batala-based gangster and a prime accused in case of armed robbery of nearly Rs 7 crores from a jewellery shop in Amritsar in 2018, state Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta said.

He allegedly supplied weapons to Shubham's associates in Tarn Taran and Ferozepur areas, Gupta said in a release here.

DGP furr said Gurpreet Singh was also allegedly in direct contact with Kuldip Singh, bror of Ranjit Rana, prime accused in 532 kg heroin seizure drug case. Ranjit was arrested a few days ago from Sirsa in Haryana as part of a joint operation by Punjab and Haryana Police.

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Gupta furr stated Kuldip, facing charges under NDPS Act, was currently lodged in Amritsar jail.

DGP said in depth forensic and technical analysis of mobile devices of Gurpreet Singh and his associates was being conducted.

Reiterating firm commitment of Punjab Police to eliminate scourge of drug trafficking and smuggling from state, Gupta said that since enforcement of curfew on March 22, 15.802 kg heroin h been recovered from Tarn Taran district.

district police has been rigorously pursuing cases of freezing and forfeiture of illegally acquired properties of major drug smugglers under provisions of NDPS Act. Gupta said properties of 12 drug smugglers worth around Rs 6.22 crore h been frozen by district police since imposition of curfew in state.

Besides, 11 new cases of freezing of property, worth around Rs 17.42 crore, were recently sent to competent authority at finance ministry under central government while ar seven similar cases involving properties worth around Rs 5 crore would be sent this week.

Overall, illegally acquired properties of 51 major drug smugglers worth around Rs 54.46 crore have been frozen by district police in last nine months. 

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