40kg Heroin, 20k drug money recovered
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Amritsar, March 10-
In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing anti-drugs campaign ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ launched, Commissionerate Police Amritsar has dismantled a drug trafficking cartel with the arrest of four drug smugglers, including a 16-years-old juvenile, and seized 4.01 kg heroin, Rs 20,000 drug money and three motorcycles from their possession, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Tarsem Singh alias Sema (23), Amrit Singh alias Abhi (21), both residents of Jalalabad, Fazilka; Ramanjit Singh alias Raman (19), a resident of Tarn Taran; and a juvenile from Ferozepur.
DGP said that the arrested individuals were in constant contact with Pakistan-based smugglers, who were using Ferozepur sector to push in drugs across the border and providing precise coordinates for the drops. “The juvenile, whose identity has been withheld due to his age, played a critical role in the operation by using boats to cross the Sutlej River to retrieve drug consignments, dropped by Pakistani smugglers, from areas near the international border fencing,” he said.