Drug peddler’s quizzing leads to recovery of 2-kg contraband in Amritsar

PK Jaiswar

Amritsar, February 18

Following the disclosure of Namdev, who was arrested with 1-kg heroin on Saturday, the police have recovered 2-kg contraband from near defense drain at Hardo Rattan border village here on Sunday.

During investigations, he took the police team of the location and coordinates which he received on his mobile phone from Pakistan-based smugglers.

Sukhjinder Singh Thapar, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Attari), said the contraband was hidden under the ground near the defense drain by cross-border smugglers on the directions of their Pakistan-based accomplices.

“After hiding the contraband, the Pakistani smugglers sent the location and coordinates to Namdev who was yet to retrieve it from there,” said Thapar. The probe carried out so far revealed that he was in touch with a Pakistani smuggler, identified as Tanvir aka Rana. His name had figured in many drug peddling cases in the past.

Acting on a tip- off, the Amritsar rural police had seized 1 kg of high quality heroin and arrested Namdev of Kot Khalsa among two persons. The other was Bobby of Kot Atma Singh in Ram Bagh area. The police had also confiscated Rs 60,000 of drug money and the scooter on which they were travelling at the time of seizure.

Following a specific input, the police had laid a naka on the Hardo Rattan-Dhanoe village road. Two scooter-borne persons were stopped and during their search, the police confiscated two packets containing 500-gm heroin each from them. Following the seizure, the police have registered a case.