The district police have busted a gang of high-profile robbers with the arrest of three of its members from Thathi Khara village, 5km from here on Wednesday.
The police seized 530gm heroin, a .12-bore pistol, five live cartridges, one motorcycle and Rs 1lakh from the possession of the accused.
The accused have been identified as Gurjant Singh of Piddi village, Sahib Singh of Tarn Taran and Hadeep Singh of Chambal village.
Addressing a press conference, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Darshan Singh Mann said the accused were wanted under Sections 379 B (snatching), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 473 (making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc), 457 (house-trespass), 380 (theft ), 427 (mischief ), 511 (attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment), 392 (robbery), 336 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 21-61-85 of Narcotic Drugs and Psycotropic Substances Act, 1985(NDPS) and 25-54-59 of Arms Act. “They had made a gang and were active in adjoining districts of Tarn Taran,” he added.
He said following the inputs, the police had laid a naka in Thathi Khara village and, during checking, the police arrested the accused,” he said.
The SSP said during interrogation, the accused confessed to have committed six major crimes, including five robberies. “Further investigation is on and we are hopeful of recovering all looted money and things from the accused’s possession,” he said.