Five arrested with 3kg heroin in Amritsar

In a major breakthrough against trans-border narcotic smuggling network, the Amritsar Commissionerate Police have arrested a drug smuggler after recovering 2.5 kg heroin from his possession.

Police Commissioner (CP) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said on Monday the arrested suspect was identified as Sohail, a resident of Lohgarh Gate.

The CP said a preliminary investigation revealed that Sohail was directly in touch with Pak-based drug smugglers, who were using drones to smuggle drugs across the border. Sharing operation details, Bhullar said a team of the Chheharta police station received a tip-off that Sohail had retrieved a huge consignment of narcotics which he was going to deliver at Kapatgarh in the Chheharta area. Acting swiftly on the information, teams from the Chheharta police station under the supervision of Abhimanyu Rana, DCP (City), Harpreet Singh Mandher, DCP (Investigation), and Shivdarshan Singh, ACP (West), laid a trap and arrested Sohail from Kapatgarh bypass turn in Chheharta, the CP said.

Probe was on to identify Pakistan-based drug smugglers and persons to whom Sohail was to deliver the drug consignment, the CP said. A case was registered against Sohail under Sections 21-B and 27 (A) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) Act at the Chheharta police station in this connection.

In another case, the Sadar police under the supervision of Abhimanyu Rana, DCP (City), Harpreet Singh Mandher, DCP (Investigation), and Maninderpal Singh, ACP (North), have arrested four suspects identified as Avtar Singh, Sameer Singh, Arshdeep Singh and Yuvraj, all residents of Naushehra Dhala Sarai Amanat Khan, Tarn Taran, after recovering 516 gm of heroin and Rs 35,000 drug money from their possession. The police claimed that the arrested suspects were directly in touch with Pak-based smugglers.

Bhullar said a team of the Sadar police received a reliable input that the four suspects had retrieved a consignment of narcotics and were presently standing near Hotel Bikram B&B at Old Lakkar Mandi, near Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar. Investigation was in progress to establish backward and forward links of the four suspects, the CP said. A case was registered against the four suspects under Section 22 of the NDPS Act at the Sadar police station.