Amritsar Drone Arms Module Busted: Five Held, Rifle and Grenades Seizedਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਡਰੋਨ ਹਥਿਆਰ ਮਾਡਿਊਲ ਫੜਿਆ: ਪੰਜ ਗ੍ਰਿਫ਼ਤਾਰ, ਰਾਈਫ਼ਲ ਅਤੇ ਗ੍ਰਨੇਡ ਬਰਾਮਦ

Punjab Police said on Thursday, October 15, that Counter Intelligence Amritsar had busted a cross-border arms and explosives smuggling module, arresting five people, including a father and son, and recovering an assault rifle, two hand grenades and 13 pistols. The police statement, issued by Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav, said the group had been retrieving consignments dropped by drone from across the border.

Who was arrested, and what was seized?

Police named the arrested men as Gurpreet Singh and his son Jaskaran Singh, of Ballarwal village in Ajnala, Amritsar district; Veenu, of Sagarpur in Batala; Amritpal Singh, of Rasulpur in Batala; and Gaurav Masih, of Gounspura in Batala. The recovery, as listed by police, was one .30 bore assault rifle, two hand grenades, 13 foreign-made pistols (four 9mm Glocks and nine .30 bore pistols) and 25 live cartridges. Two motorcycles, a Honda Livo and a Hero Splendor, which police say were used to move the consignments, were impounded.

How did the module work, according to police?

The DGP said Counter Intelligence Amritsar had specific input that the father and son were in contact with a foreign-based smuggler and were picking up drone-dropped consignments of arms, ammunition and explosives on his instructions, passing them on through the other three accused. The input said the two were to meet their associates near Teri village in Ajnala to hand over a consignment, and police teams raided that spot and arrested all five with the material. Police said the foreign-based handler used encrypted communication platforms to coordinate the network and avoid detection. These are police allegations at the investigation stage; the accused have not been convicted.

What case has been registered?

An FIR, number 66 dated October 15, 2026, has been registered at the State Special Operations Cell police station in Amritsar under sections 25 and 25(1-A) of the Arms Act, sections 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, and section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Police said further investigation is under way to trace the wider network and establish the module's backward and forward linkages.

Drone drops along the Punjab border have become a routine route for arms and narcotics consignments, and police and the Border Security Force report recoveries through the year. A seizure of grenades and a rifle in a single civilian module is the kind of recovery officials treat seriously, because such weapons are typically meant for criminal or terror use rather than resale alone.

How many people were arrested in the Amritsar module bust?

Five, according to Punjab Police: a father and son from Ballarwal in Ajnala, and three men from villages in the Batala area.

What exactly did police recover?

Police listed one .30 bore assault rifle, two hand grenades, 13 foreign-made pistols and 25 live cartridges, along with two motorcycles said to have been used to move consignments.