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On 2 In early August 2026, Indian authorities uncovered a cross‑border narcotics‑arms network operating from Pakistan. On 2 August, police in Rajasthan’s Khajuwala area intercepted seized a drone drop from Pakistan that contained about containing roughly 10 kg of heroin, multiple pistols and ammunition, pistols, ammunition and the drone itself. The operation, called “Shockwave,” led itself, leading to the arrest of a local suspect and highlighted an international narcotics‑arms network operating across the India‑Pakistan border. suspect. Five days later, on 7 August 2026, Punjab authorities conducted a separate crackdown forces in Amritsar, seizing Amritsar confiscated 21.3 kg of heroin, 970 g of methamphetamine, a .30‑bore pistol and live cartridges, and arresting detained five individuals. The seizure was linked people, linking the haul to the same cross‑border smuggling network, prompting chain. The same day as the Amritsar seizure, the Punjab government to reassign the Amritsar police chief amid political controversy over remarks connecting transferred Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, appointing DIG Harmanbir Singh as his successor. Bhullar had announced the suspects to recent protests. The bust of two incidents illustrate ISI‑backed terror modules, the arrest of nine suspects—including four juveniles—and the seizure of weapons and four petrol‑bomb devices allegedly intended for a widening protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The transfer sparked criticism from opposition leaders, who described it as politically motivated, while the state clarified that Bhullar’s remarks had been selectively edited. The episode underscores the expanding law‑enforcement response to a and the political sensitivities surrounding the transnational drug drug, arms and weapons trafficking operation linked to Pakistan. terror‑related activities along the India‑Pakistan border.