Punjab Police Busts Cross-Border Drug Racket, Seizes 30 Kg Heroin

Chandigarh: Punjab police on Friday claimed to have busted a cross-border smuggling racket with the arrest of a drug smuggler and recovered 30 kg heroin from his possession.

Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, Gaurav Yadav said that the accused has been identified as Gursimranjit Singh alias Simran, a resident of a village in Amritsar and apart from recovering chunk of heroin, police teams have also impounded his Ford car, in which he was going to deliver the consignment.

DGP Yadav claimed that the accused was involved in large-scale heroin smuggling, and it was learnt that he had recently received a large consignment of heroin smuggled from across the border. Probe also suggested that Pak-based smugglers have used drones to transport the drug consignment, he added.

Sharing operation details, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amritsar, Rural, Charanjit Singh said that acting on an intel-input about the involvement of accused in smuggling of narcotics, police teams stopped the suspected Ford car for the routine checking and upon conducting a thorough search, four packets of heroin - weighing 7.5 kg each – were found in a black bag, which was kept concealed in the vehicle, he said.