Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Amritsar, January 7-
In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing war against drugs waged on the directions of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann, Commissionerate Police Amritsar has dismantled a drug trafficking cartel with the arrest of four individuals, including one woman and seized 5 kg heroin from their possession, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.
Those arrested have been identified as Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi (19) and Baljeet Kaur (32), both resident of village Muthiaval in Tarn Taran; Maninder Singh (34), a resident of Bhikhiwind in Tarn Taran and Harpreet Singh (26), a resident of Lodhi Gujar village in Amritsar. Apart from recovering heroin, police teams have also impounded two motorcycles.
DGP said that all the accused persons were in direct contact with Pakistan-based smugglers and receiving consignments of drugs from across the border. Probe revealed that consignments were being dropped with the help of drones, he added. The DGP said that further investigations are going on to establish backward and forward linkages in this case. More arrests and recoveries are likely in coming days, he added.