Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Amritsar, December 9-
Striking a major blow to the trans border narcotics network, CP Amritsar has arrested a drug smuggler and recovered 5.1 kg heroin from his possession, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.
The arrested accused has been identified as Gurveer Singh alias Gora (32), a resident of Basti Muhammad Shah Wali in Ferozepur. Apart from seizing heroin, Police teams have also impounded his Toyota Fortuner car, in which the accused was travelling.DGP said that the arrested accused was using the Amritsar sector to smuggle the narcotics and keeping various cut-outs to deliver the consignments. An accomplice of the arrested accused has been identified and police teams are on manhunt to nab him, he added.
Sharing details of the operation, Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that acting on reliable inputs, a police team led by Incharge CIA Staff-1 Amolakdeep Singh under the supervision of DCP Alam Vijay Singh, ADCP Investigation Navjot Singh, and ACP Detective Kuldeep Singh, launched a special operation and successfully intercepted the Fortuner car at Loharka Road in Amritsar, in which of the accused person was travelling.