7-kg heroin seized from Int’l border
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, March 17
In a joint operation, personnel of the Border Security Force and Special Task Force (STF) seized 7-kg heroin across the barbed fence along the Indo-Pak border in the Ajnala area.
The STF recovered the heroin hidden in an empty battery of tractor. Officials of the STF claimed that they had a secret information that heroin was smuggled from Pakistan concealed in the battery. A search operation was organised in the agricultural fields at DS Border outpost. The Ajanala police have registered a case under various sections of the NDPS Act.
Drug peddler held with 2-kg heroin
The rural police arrested a drug peddler and seized 2-kg heroin from his possession in the Gharinda area near Indo-Pak border on Wednesday. The arrested accused has been identified as Resham Singh, alias Gori, of Chicha village.
The police got information that Resham Singh and another peddler Sukhwinder Singh, alias Sukha, had smuggled heroin from Pakistan border and supplied in the villages of the area. Sukha died in February 2021.
Following that Dhruv Dahiya, SSP Amritsar Rural, formed a team included Abhimanyu Rana, DSP Majitha; Gurinderpal Singh, DSP (Detective); Inspector Binderjit Singh, in charge, cyber cell; SI Narinder Singh and SHO Gharinda police station.
On Wednesday, the police team raided at hideouts of Resham Singh and seized 2-kg heroin, Rs 35,000 drug money, two mobiles and one motorcycle. The police have registered a case under Sections 21, 25,27, 27-A, 29,61 and 85 of the NDPS Act and further investigation of the case has been handed over to ASI Rajbir Singh, in charge, police post Kahangarh.
During preliminary investigation, the police also nominated a girl and conducted raid at her residence. The police seized 10 gm of heroin, two mobile phones and tablets from her home. The police officers claimed that they were investigating Resham Singh’s forward and backward link so that his accomplice could be arrested. SSP Dhruv Dahiya said the police had adopted a zero tolerance policy against drug peddlers.
