Delhi Police have uncovered a major international arms-smuggling network that had been funnelling sophisticated China- and Turkey-made weapons into the hands of some of North India’s most dangerous criminal syndicates. The racket, which investigators say was backed by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), supplied high-end firearms to gangs associated with Lawrence Bishnoi, Davinder Bambiha and Gogi Himanshu Bhai—groups responsible for significant violence across Delhi, the NCR and neighbouring states. According to officials, the weapons were smuggled into India from across the border in Punjab, often transported through drones, before being distributed to gang operatives in the region.
Police arrested four individuals in Rohini in connection with the smuggling network. The accused include residents of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, and officers recovered a substantial cache of foreign-made pistols from them. Acting on an intelligence tip-off warning that smugglers were arriving in Delhi to deliver weapons, the Crime Branch carried out coordinated raids across the area. During the operation, police seized ten sophisticated pistols—five manufactured in Turkey and three in China.
Crime Branch chief Surender Kumar told reporters that the team had successfully dismantled an ISI-operated arms pipeline. He said that on November 19, officers intercepted two suspects—Mandeep from Phillaur and Dalwinder from Ludhiana—while they were on their way to deliver a consignment of weapons in Rohini. Their interrogation led to further raids and the arrest of two additional suspects: Rohan Tomar of Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh and Ajay, also known as Monu. More weapons were recovered during these follow-up operations.
The arrests come at a time when Delhi and the National Capital Region remain on heightened alert following the deadly suicide car bombing near the Red Fort on November 10, which killed at least 14 people and injured more than 20. The government later classified the blast as a terrorist attack, prompting increased scrutiny of cross-border arms networks and renewed efforts to dismantle the supply chains feeding organised crime groups across North India.
