CROSS-BORDER NARCOTICS SMUGGLING NETWORK BUSTED IN AMRITSAR; FOUR HELD WITH 4KG HEROIN
— ARRESTED ACCUSED WERE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH PAK-BASED SMUGGLER SHAH, USING INCONSPICUOUS AUTO-RICKSHAW TO DELIVER CONSIGNMENTS: DGP GAURAV YADAV
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, July 26 (WISHAVWARTA):- Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a drug free state as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a cross-border narcotics smuggling module with links to Pakistan and arrested four of its operatives after recovering 4 kg heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.
Those arrested have been identified as Ranjit Singh and Karan Masih, both residents of Attari in Amritsar; Manpreet Singh and Ajaypal Singh, both residents of Jandiala Guru in Amritsar. Apart from recovering heroin, police teams have also impounded their Auto Rickshaw (PB 02 DN 5173), which the accused persons were using inconspicuously to retrieve and deliver the drug consignments.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the accused persons were acting under the directions of Pakistan-based smuggler identified as Shah, who has been using drones to drop narcotic consignments from across the border. The arrested accused were further delivering the narcotics consignments to other parties in the state, he said.
Sharing operation details, he said that teams of CI Amritsar received specific intelligence about retrieval of narcotics consignments from Indo-Pak border area falling near village Attari in Amritsar. Acting swiftly, police teams intercepted four accused persons from near Bus Stop Kathanian situated on Amritsar-Attari GT Road, when they were going to deliver the consignment in their Auto-Rickshaw and recovered narcotics from their possession, he said.
The DGP said that further investigations are underway to uncover the network’s backward and forward linkages.
A case FIR No. 40 dated 25-07-2025 has been registered under sections 21, 25 and 29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station State Special Operation Cell, Amritsar.
