Punjab Law enforcement officials, Border Drive Snatch Fingers, Ammunition Close to Attari Border With Pakistan
A FAL 222, a AKM-47, a 303 bore gun, a 30 bore caliber pistol and reside spherical have been seized
Amritsar:
The Punjab Police, in a joint operation with the Border Safety Drive, on Sunday seized attack rifles and reside cartridges close to the Attari border which, officers mentioned, have been driven into the Indian territory via Pakistani nationals related to Sikh hardliners.
The police mentioned the recoveries have been made simply 10 metres from the border with Pakistan within the joint operation performed in response to a tip-off.
The recoveries incorporated one FAL 222 rifle with mag loaded with 9 reside rounds, one AKM-47 rifle with {a magazine} loaded with 5 reside rounds, one 303 bore gun with seven loaded reside rounds, but even so one 30 bore caliber China-made pistol with one mag.
The police mentioned that they had gained explicit intelligence inputs {that a} cache of guns used to be driven into the Indian territory within the house of border outpost Pulmoran close to border village Dhanoa at the intervening night time of April 3-4.
They mentioned the searches have been performed in response to this enter and the consignment smuggled from Pakistan used to be seized simply round 10 metres from the Global Border 0 Line between the 2 international locations.
In line with intelligence inputs, the consignment used to be driven via a Pakistani nationwide, named Bilal, who’s carefully related to Sikh hardliners engaged in anti-India actions, they mentioned.
Additional investigation, together with technical research, is being performed to unearth the community of Bilal’s overseas and Indian friends concerned within the provide and extra motion of the consignment, the police mentioned.
