Punjab Police bust cross-border drug cartel, 3 arrested with 5.2 kg of heroin

Amritsar (Punjab) [India], March 23 (ANI): Punjab Police have busted a drug cartel in Amritsar with cross-border links in Pakistan, arresting three of its members, including the kingpin, said the police. The police recovered 5.2 kg of heroin from them.
"Amritsar police have recovered 5.2 kg heroin. We have arrested three people. The kingpin, Mandeep Kaur, impersonated herself as a police officer and ran her drug network," Amritsar Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar told ANI.
"She established her connections with numerous drug smugglers in Pakistan, and she was getting drugs pushed into our border with the help of drones. She was working with two other people in the Chheharta area... There is one more accused, but we are not exposing his name yet," he added.

Meanwhile, in an intelligence-led operation, Punjab police nabbed four people by busting a narco-terror module in Amritsar and recovered 4 kg of Heroin, the Director General of Punjab Police (DGP) said on Sunday.
"In an intelligence-led operation, Counter Intelligence, Amritsar busts a narco-terror module and apprehends four persons and recovers 4 Kg Heroin from their possession," said DGP Gaurav Yadav in a post on X. The arrested persons, Navjot Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Gurpreet Singh and Aniket have been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
"FIR registered under NDPS Act at PS State Special Operations Cell (SSOC), Amritsar. Further investigations are on to unveil their forward and backward linkages. @PunjabPoliceInd remains resolute in its commitment to dismantle organized crime and ensure peace and harmony across the state," the post added.
Earlier on Saturday, Punjab police arrested 75 drug smugglers and recovered 5.2 kg heroin, 10 kg opium and Rs 2.2 lakhs drugs money from their possession, keeping in line with the war against drugs, "Yudh Nashian Virudh" campaign started on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
This brings the total number of drug smugglers arrested to 2613 in just 22 days. The operation was conducted simultaneously in all 28 police districts of the state on the directions of the Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav.
Notably, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann has asked the Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, and Senior Superintendents of Police to make Punjab a drug-free state. The Punjab government has also constituted a five-member Cabinet Subcommittee led by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema to monitor the war against drugs.
Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla informed that over 250 Police teams, comprising over 1700 police personnel, under the supervision of 98 gazetted officers, have conducted raids at as many as 536 locations across the state, leading to the registration of 51 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. The Punjab Police, as part of 'De-addiction,' has convinced four persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment. (ANI)