Three arrested on charge of drug trafficking in Gurdaspur
The Border Security Force (BSF) has apprehended three persons allegedly involved in drug trafficking. Acting on an information shared by the intelligence wing about movement of some suspected persons in the border area of Gurdaspur, the BSF personnel in collaboration with the Punjab Police launched a manhunt to arrest them.
Consequent upon tactically laying a roadside naka near Machhrala village of Gurdaspur district, the BSF and the Punjab Police successfully apprehended three persons travelling in a car (Chevrolet Cruze LTZ).
All the suspects are residents of Amritsar. After initial questioning, the suspects were handed over to the Punjab Police for further investigating their links with narco-smugglers and the drug syndicate. An amount of Rs 47,990, a US Dollar, a note of 1,000 Japanese Yen and three mobile phones were recovered from the possession of suspects.
Drone, 2.8kg heroin seized near Haruwal village
In a follow-up action based on the revelations of three narco-smugglers apprehended by the BSF and the Punjab Police, an extensive search was conducted in the Haruwal village area.
The search culminated around 5.20 pm with the recovery of one drone and a large packet of suspected heroin (Gross weight 2.840 kg) attached to it from a field nearby Haruwal village in Gurdaspur district.
The drug was wrapped in a yellow adhesive tape. A luminous strip was also found attached to the packet. The drone was neutralised with the technical interference of the BSF counter measures deployed in the border area of Gurdaspur district.
Upon opening the packet, the BSF and the Punjab Police personnel found five small transparent polythene packets containing a drug suspected to be heroin.
