Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Amritsar, March 23:
In a significant breakthrough amidst the ongoing war against drugs waged on the directions of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann, CI Amritsar has busted a narco-terror module operating in Punjab with the arrest of four individuals and recovered 4 kg heroin from their possession, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav on Sunday.
Those arrested have been identified as Sukhwinder Singh and his son Navjot Singh, both residents of Tarn Taran road in Amritsar; Aniket, a resident of Chheharta in Amritsar and Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, a resident of village Sheron in Tarn Taran. Police teams have also impounded their black-coloured three-wheeler auto (PB06-AW-8034) and a black Hero Deluxe motorcycle (PB02-DV-0351), which were being used by the accused for transporting drug consignments.
DGP said that CI Amritsar has received reliable inputs that some individuals, who are in direct contact with the Pakistan-based drug smugglers, are involved in drug smuggling and recently retrieved a drug consignment from Attari area to further supply to the local peddlers