Three arrested with 2 assault rifles, 10 kg heroin in Punjab’s Amritsar
Punjab Police arrested three individuals in Amritsar for operating a cross-border smuggling ring using drones to drop heroin and assault rifles into a leased guava orchard. The suspects are linked to foreign-based smugglers and have a history of criminal activity.
Why it matters
The use of agricultural land near borders for drone-based smuggling poses a significant national security challenge.
Punjab Police dismantled an illegal arms and narcotics supply network in Amritsar , arresting three individuals with 10 kg of heroin and two assault rifles, a top police officer said on Tuesday (September 29, 2026).
The accused were allegedly linked to foreign-based smugglers and were procuring illegal weapons and narcotics for further supply in the border State, police investigation revealed, said Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav.
In a "unique" modus operandi, the accused had taken approximately one acre of land on lease for a guava orchard at Modhe village — situated merely 500 metres from the India-Pakistan border — and utilised it as a landing and retrieving site for drug and weapons consignments dropped via drones from across the border, police said.
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