PTC News Desk: Ludhiana Police arrested two high-profile gangsters and seized nine illegal weapons, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav informed on Monday.
Arrested gangsters have been identified as Jatinder and Puneet Bains.
Puneet Bains Mani was listed in 10 FIRs, while Jatinder was mentioned in 18.
"In a major blow to organised crime in #Punjab, @Ludhiana_Police has arrested 2 high profile gangsters. One has been absconding for the last 5 years Jatinder @ Jindi is involved in 18 FIRs Puneet Bains @ Mani is involved in 10 FIRs 9 illegal weapons have been seized," DGP Gaurav Yadav said on Twitter.
Earlier on Saturday, Punjab Police detained two persons after busting a narco-organized crime syndicate run by gangster Ravi Balachauria. According to an officer, the police confiscated 1.2 kg of heroin, three firearms, 260 live cartridges, and Rs 1.4 lakh in narcotics money from the two main offenders.
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