Five held in Punjab with RDX, detonators, heroin

AMRITSAR - Five smugglers have been arrested from a village in Punjab and six kg of RDX as well 20 detonators, timer-devices and heroin seized from them, police said Thursday.

The special operations cell of the intelligence wing of Punjab Police raided a village in this border district following a tip-off, a senior police official told IANS.

“We arrested five accused yesterday (Wednesday) night and recovered six kg of RDX, 20 detonators, 10 timer-devices, 10 metres of fuse wire and two kg heroin from their possession,” the official said.

The five were identified as Malkiat Singh, Sher Singh, Paramjit Singh, Nirmal Singh and Balwinder Singh, residents of Thakarkora and Havelia villages near the India-Pakistan border.

“They all are smugglers and used to supply explosives and contraband to other big dealers of the region. However, right now, we are not in a position to tell from where they had procured these explosives and drugs. Their interrogation is on and very soon we will unearth the truth. We will look into all aspects and also try to ascertain whether they have any foreign links,” the official added.

The special operations cell May 30 arrested a terrorist of the banned outfit Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) Bakshish Singh alias Baba and recovered 2.3 kg RDX from his possession.

He was involved in several terrorist activities in Punjab and Haryana.

This year, police have arrested at least nine terrorists belonging to different banned groups. Besides, they have twice recovered explosives near Indian Air Force stations in Punjab.

A car with two kg of explosives was found near a busy railway station here last month. The vehicle carried a fake Delhi registration number.