10KG Heroin recovery casse: Total haul touches 15 Kg
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Amritsar, February 22-
In a significant breakthrough in the ongoing investigation into the 10 Kg heroin recovery case, CI Amritsar has recovered yet another additional chunk of 2 kg of heroin concealed near a canal in Village Boparai Baj Singh, based on a disclosure statement made by accused Harmandeep Singh, taking the total seizure in the case to 15 kg, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.
The development came a few days after the Punjab Police had busted a cross-border drug smuggling racket with the arrest of a drug smuggler Harmandeep Singh of village Ghumanpura in Amritsar and recovered 10 kg heroin from his possession. This is the second major recovery made on the disclosures of accused Harmandeep. Pertinently, Police teams had also arrested Harmandeep’s accomplice identified as Lovepreet Singh after recovering 3 kg heroin from his possession.
DGP said that during the investigation of further forward-backward linkages, accused Harmandeep made another disclosure statement that he had concealed an additional 2 Kgs of heroin under a brick placed alongside the canal near Village Boparai Baj Singh on the Khurmanian to Ram Tirath Link Road.
