Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Amritsar, February 19-
Amidst the ongoing war against drugs waged on the directions of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann, CI Amritsar has busted a cross-border drug smuggling racket with the arrest of a drug smuggler and recovered 10 kg heroin from his possession, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Wednesday.
The arrested accused has been identified as Harmandeep Singh, a resident of village Ghumanpura in Amritsar. Apart from recovering heroin, Police teams have also impounded his black coloured Hero Splendor Motorcycle (PB02EW5675), which he was riding. DGP said that the team of CI Amritsar received a reliable input that accused Harmandeep has established relations with the Pakistan-based drug smugglers and recently got a huge consignment of heroin from Pakistan, which he is going to deliver to someone at Ram Tirath Road, Morh Village Kale near Dera Radha Swami in Amritsar.
Acting swiftly on the inputs, CI Amritsar has launched an intelligence-based operation and arrested accused Harmandeep Singh at a Special Police Checkpoint established at Ram Tirat Road in Amritsar, he said, while adding that during search, 10 Kgs of heroin has been recovered from the accused.