Thursday, June 18, 2026
ADVT 
India

Punjab Police bust drone-based arms smuggling module

Darpan News Desk IANS, 05 Oct, 2022 12:36 PM
  • Punjab Police bust drone-based arms smuggling module

Chandigarh, Oct 5 (IANS) Punjab Police on Wednesday busted a drone-based arms smuggling module with the arrest of two people, including an undertrial.

The arrested have been identified as Jaskaran Singh, lodged at Sub Jail in Goindwal Sahib, and Rattanbir Singh, who is out on bail.

Police recovered 10 foreign-made pistols, including five .30 bore (made in China) and five 9mm (made in the US) along with eight magazines from both of them, besides a mobile phone concealed by Jaskaran Singh in his barrack.

AIG Counter Intelligence, Amritsar, Amarjit Singh Bajwa said Jaskaran Singh was brought on a production warrant in a case pertaining to the NDPS Act, registered in August.

During questioning, he confessed that he was using a mobile phone in jail to contact Pakistan-based smugglers through WhatsApp for smuggling of narcotics and arms and ammunition from Pakistan via drones.

The AIG said for this purpose the accused was taking the help of Rattanbir Singh, who used to retrieve the consignments dropped via drones from different border areas.

Rattanbir Singh is also a co-accused in various NDPS cases with Jaskaran Singh.

Bajwa said one consignment of five .30 bore pistols along with four magazines was recovered from the location revealed by Jaskaran Singh on the Taran Taran-Ferozepur road, where Rattanbir Singh had concealed them.

MORE India ARTICLES

'2 Gujarati Thugs Have Been Fooling People', Says BJP Leader; Expelled

The expulsion followed after IP Singh attacked the BJP leadership in a series of tweets from his official Twitter account having a prefix "usuldaar" (principled) to his name.

'2 Gujarati Thugs Have Been Fooling People', Says BJP Leader; Expelled

I Will Be First One To Hang My Boots When Time Comes: Yuvraj Singh On Retirement

I Will Be First One To Hang My Boots When Time Comes: Yuvraj Singh On Retirement
Yuvraj Singh’s cricketing future has been a topic of discussion for some years now but the player said he would be the first one to bid adieu when he felt that his time is up.

I Will Be First One To Hang My Boots When Time Comes: Yuvraj Singh On Retirement

India’s Chandrayaan 2 To Carry NASA Science Instrument

India’s Chandrayaan 2 To Carry NASA Science Instrument
India’s second Moon mission Chandrayaan 2, scheduled for launch in April, would be carrying a NASA science probe, the media reported.  

India’s Chandrayaan 2 To Carry NASA Science Instrument

Justice Sanjiv Khanna Recuses From Hearing Sajjan Kumar's Appeal

Anti-Sikh riots had broken out after the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984 by her two Sikh bodyguards.  

Justice Sanjiv Khanna Recuses From Hearing Sajjan Kumar's Appeal

Paralympic Games Winner Deepa Malik Joins BJP

Deepa Malik joined the BJP in the presence of the party's Haryana unit chief Subhash Barala, and general secretary Anil Jain, who is in charge of its affairs in the state.

Paralympic Games Winner Deepa Malik Joins BJP

BJP Names Darjeeling Candidate; Replaces Union Minister SS Ahluwalia

In a statement, the party said it has also received support from two local organisations, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and Gorkha Liberation Front.

BJP Names Darjeeling Candidate; Replaces Union Minister SS Ahluwalia