Chandigarh: Punjab police on Saturday claimed to have arrested four persons from Amritsar on the charges of hawala transactions and weapon smuggling in Punjab and recovered Four Glok 9mm pistols, five magazines and Rs 3.05 lakh from their possession.
Stating that the accused were suspected to have links with the smugglers in Pakistan, Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, Gaurav Yadav, said that the accused have been identified as Jagroop Singh, Hardeep Singh, Rajbir Singh and Arsal Singh.
3 NABBED 6 PISTOLS
Meanwhile, in another cache, the police also claimed to have arrested three individuals and recovered six pistols including one 9MM Glock pistol, two .30 bore and three country-made .32 bore pistols along with nine cartridges from their possession.
DGP said that the arrested accused have been identified as Gurjant Singh, Gursharan Singh and Abhishek, trio residents of Amritsar district.
He said the accused have a criminal history with cases pertaining to Arms Act, NDPS act, Excise Act, etc. registered against them.
