Punjab Police arrested a Constable of the Border Security Force (BSF), identified as, Rajendra Prashad and two local smugglers, Surmail Singh and Gurjant Singh, for cross-border smuggling of drugs and weapons, reports Hindustan Times on August 2. According to Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta, acting on a tip-off, a Jalandhar Rural Police team, on July 26, arrested Surmail Singh and Gurjant Singh, who were travelling in a car from Delhi. The Police had recovered 25 gm of heroin from them. On questioning, the duo led to the recovery of a .30 Bore Pistol (Made in China) with 5 live rounds and INR 2.45 million as well as 35 gm of heroin. During further questioning, the duo also revealed that they were working with a cross-border smuggler, Satnam Singh alias Satta, a resident of Taran Tarn District who was closely linked with Pakistan-based smugglers for smuggling of drugs and weapons from Pakistan. They also disclosed that BSF Constable, Rajendra Prashad, posted at a border outpost at Chhina village in Tarn Taran District was a part of the smuggling racket, following which he was arrested. The DGP said out of INR 2.45 million, INR 1.5 million was recovered from the residence of Satnam Singh, INR 500,000 from the BSF constable and INR 450,000 lakh from Gurjant Singh.