Amritsar: Amritsar Commissionerate Police, in a joint operation with a central agency, busted a cross-border arms, narcotics, and hawala network with the arrest of seven persons, including one Afghan national and one juvenile, said commissioner police (CP) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar while talking to mediapersons here on Thursday.He said police have recovered 10 sophisticated weapons, 5 kg heroin, Rs 30.3 lakh hawala money from their possession.Those arrested have been identified as Jaspreet Singh alias Kalu (21), Jagjit Singh alias Jaggi (40), a native of Jalalabad in Afghanistan and presently residing in New Delhi, Gopal Sharma alias Gaurav (21), Aniket Sahota (21), Prabhjeet Singh alias Prabh (26), Rajbir Singh alias Aryan (22) and one Juvenile.The recovered weapons include one 9MM UZI Sub Machine Gun (Made in Italy), one 9MM Ghaffar Sub Machine Security Gun (9mm Automatic), four 9MM Glock Pistols (Made in Austria), one 9MM Zigana Sport Pistol, one Cold King Commando Semi Automatic Pistol (.30 Bore), one Scorpion Zigana Tisas Turkiye Pistol (.30 Bore) and one .30 bore pistol, said he adding that apart from recovering weapons, narcotics and hawala money, police teams have also impounded their motorcycle.The preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused were allegedly linked to foreign-based handlers operating through social media platforms, said Bhullar.
