In Punjab, Patiala police, unearthed a sensational case of smuggling of Chinese made pistols by a Ferozepur based arms dealer and has recovered 18 Mausers of worth about 1.75 crore rupees which he had already sold to customers across the state on higher price. 300 live cartridges have also been recovered.

Patiala Range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), has told AIR Jalandhar correspondent that this seems to be the biggest recovery of such Mauser pistols after the black days of terrorism in Punjab.

A five-day bi-annual meeting between the Border Security Force, BSF, and Pakistan Rangers(a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids), has commenced in New Delhi to sort out border related issues. The 18-member delegation led by Pakistan Rangers Director General (Sindh) Major General Rizwan Akhtar, was received by Border Security Force Chief U K Bansal and other senior officials. According to an official release, the issues which are expected to be discussed during the meeting include unprovoked firing in Jammu and Sialkot Sector and the death of a BSF personnel due to sniper firing, smuggling of Heroin, arms and ammunitions and illegal crossing of Pakistani Nationals to Indian Territory and return of inadvertent border crossers. The issue of apprehension of fishermen and seizure of fishing boats in Gujarat is also likely to be figured during the talks. India may also raise the issue of defence construction close to International Border.
The biannual event which earlier used to take place at Amritsar, Chandigarh and Jalandhar, is taking place in New Delhi for the first time.