Two Habitual drug smugglers held with 10kg Heroin
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/ Amritsar, December 22-
In a major breakthrough, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a trans-border narco-smuggling module with the arrest of two repeat offenders, who were previously caught in 2015 along with two Pakistani nationals, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday.
He said that this time, the police have recovered 10 kg of heroin from the arrested drug smugglers identified as Sukhdev Singh (60) of village Talwani Bharath in Batala and Avtar Singh alias Tari (45) of village Baghiari in Amritsar, who had managed to get back into the smuggling business after being released from jail on bail. Police teams have also impounded their Toyota Etios car used for transporting the heroin, he added.
As per the information, two Pak-nationals had crossed the border in 2015, to deliver the 19.5 Kg heroin consignment to arrested drug smugglers Sukhdev Singh and Avtar Tari, and the latter had also provided them shelter at their house. Punjab Police had arrested all four accused persons after recovering 2.5 kg heroin, 65 lakh drug money, one pistol and one rifle. Accused Sukhdev Singh came out of jail last year and Avtar Singh came out on bail in month of September.