On October 9, the Amritsar Commissionerate Police dealt a massive blow to the trans-border narcotic network after they seized five-kilogram heroin and Rs 3.95 lakh drug money from Ajnala.
Technical leaders were developed in the intelligence based operation led to the arrest of three people following which a FIR was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS).
Punjab Police's Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) on Friday arrested a drug inspector for his involvement in facilitating drug smuggling operations connected to illegal pharmaceuticals and medical stores and laundering the drug money in the benami accounts in the names of his relatives.
Punjab police arrested two drug smugglers and recovered 6.65 Kg of heroin, amounting to Rs 6 Lakhs drug money, near the Indo-Pak border in Ferozepur district.
Amidst the ongoing war against drugs waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Counter Intelligence Amritsar has seized over Rs 1.07 crore drug money and apprehended two operatives of foreign-based top drug smugglers Gurjant Singh alias Bholu and Kinderbir Singh alias Sunny Dy
"Acting swiftly on intelligence inputs, #Amritsar Rural Police in two different cases arrested six persons and recovered 8 Kg Heroin and 3 pistols with Rs30000 drug money," the Punjab DGP said in a post on 'X'.
Punjab Police busted an inter-state opium smuggling syndicate operating from Jharkhand with the arrest of two big drug smugglers after recovering 66 kg of opium kept concealed in specially designed and fabricated compartments fitted underneath their Maruti Swift car, said Director General
The Special DGP said that to break the backbone of the drug smuggling networks running from across the border, strict vigil is being kept on the movement of drones, which have emerged as the new modus operandi to smuggle drugs, weapons and explosives from across the border.
Punjab Police have busted an international drug syndicate with the arrest of its three members after recovering 48kg heroin and Rs 21 lakh drug money from their possession, officials said on Monday.
Punjab police said on Tuesday said that it has busted a cross-border drug smuggling racket with the arrest of 12 persons and seizure of 4 kilograms of heroin and Rs 3 lakh drug money.
The Anti-Narcotic Task Force (ANTF) of the Chandigarh Police on Saturday said it has arrested a prime accused believed to be the high profile hawala operator and mastermind of many shell companies having links with the International drug money transfer network in Punjab and Chandigarh.