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'Major Blow To Terror Module': Punjab Police Arrests 2 J-K Residents Linked To LeT, Seize Ammunition

As per the police, two improvised explosive devices, two hand grenades, a pistol, two magazines, 24 cartridges, a timer switch, eight detonators and four batteries were seized.

Punjab Police on Saturday said it has busted a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror module after arresting two residents of Jammu and Kashmir, as reported by the news agency PTI. According to the police, two improvised explosive devices, two hand grenades, a pistol, two magazines, 24 cartridges, a timer switch, eight detonators and four batteries were seized from them.

Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said that the operation was carried out by the State Special Operation Cell-Amritsar police along with a central agency. "In a major breakthrough, State Special Operation Cell -Amritsar in a joint operation with a central agency busted a LeT module and arrested two persons who are residents of Jammu and Kashmir," the Punjab Police chief posted on X.

Yadav said the terror module was handled by one Firdaus Ahmed Bhat, an active member of the Lashkar-e-Toiba and described the arrests as a "major blow to terror module attempting to disturb peace in Punjab". 

In another incident, CI (counter-intelligence) Ferozepur had recovered 12 kgs of heroin and apprehended 2 people, as reported by the news agency ANI on Thursday.

An FIR was registered under NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act) and an investigation was launched into the matter to establish backward and forward links, as per the information by the Punjab police. "Punjab Police is committed to make Punjab drug free as per the vision of CM Bhagwant Mann", DGP Punjab Police posted on X.

Earlier this month, the BSF foiled a trans-border smuggling attempt by Pakistan. The BSF recovered yet another Pakistani drone with one packet suspected to be heroin from a paddy field on the outskirts of Dhaone Khurd village in Amritsar.

 

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