CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, October 30:
Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with the arrest of its three operatives and recovered nine sophisticated pistols along with magazines from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday.
Those arrested have been identified as Davinder Singh, a resident of village Bhangwan in Amritsar Rural, Paramjit Singh alias Pamma and Harmeet Singh alias Meetu, both residents of Bhindi Aulakh in Amritsar Rural.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused were working on the directions of Pak-based smuggler. The recovered arms were meant to be supplied to Sherpreet Singh alias Gulaba, a close aide of notorious gangster Jobanjit Singh alias Billa Manga, to fuel unlawful activities in Punjab, he said.
Sharing operational details, the DGP said that CI Amritsar had received a specific information about foreign based notorious gangster identified as Jobanjit Singh alias Billa Manga operating a gang in the state through his operatives— Paramjit Singh alias Pamma and Harmeet Singh alias Meetu. The information further revealed that the latter have retrieved a huge consignment of illegal weapons from Indo-Pak border, which was delivered from across the border with the help of drones in the area of village Bhindi Aulakh in Amritsar Rural, and are going to deliver it further to Sherpreet’s accomplice Davinder Singh, he said.
He said that acting swiftly, police teams intercepted the above mentioned accused persons near Gurdwara Baba Mohri Ji at Chogawan in Amritsar Rural, and recovered the contrabands from their possession.
DGP Gaurav Yadav further said that Sherpreet Singh alias Gulaba is a habitual offender and seven different criminal cases have already been registered against him regarding possession of illegal arms, involvement in theft, looting and other criminal activities. Further investigation is underway to expose the full nexus, including the backward and forward linkages of the network, he added.
A case FIR No. 65 dated 30-10-2025 has been registered under sections 25 and 25(1-A) of the Arms Act and section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Police Station State Special Operation Cell, Amritsar.
