Based on intelligence input, a vehicle coming from a neighbouring state was intercepted and after a thorough search, 1.1 kilograms of suspected heroin was recovered and subsequently seized. Along with the drugs, two persons have been apprehended on the spot, police said.
Ranjit Cheeta was the mastermind behind the smuggling of 532 packets of heroin, which were seized by the Customs Department at ICP Attari in July 2019 and are being investigated by the NIA.
DGP Punjab Police, Gaurav Yadav in a post on X, said, "Big Blow to Trans-Border Narcotic Network: SSOC Amritsar has busted a cross-border heroin smuggling racket and arrested one person and recovered 12 Kg Heroin."
In a joint operation, Assam Rifles, along with Mizoram Police, recovered 168 grams of heroin worth Rs 1.17 crore in Mizoram's Champhai District's Tlangsam Village and arrested one person on October 21, an official from the Assam Rifles said on Monday.
Illicit market value of these narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances has been reported to be more than Rs 250 crores which have been seized under the relevant provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985, the DRI said.
Reacting to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's allegation that the previous Uddhav Thackeray government helped "drug kingpin" Lalit Patil, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday asked the former to "strengthen" his intelligence.
In a joint operation, the Assam Rifles and the Anti-Narcotics Squad recovered Heroin worth Rs 2.74 crores, in three separate operations, in General Area Bawngkawn in South Aizawl, Tlangsam and Zote in Mizoram with the arrest of four people, an official statement said on Sunday.
According to Mumbai's Malwani police officials, the police had received secret information that in the Malad Malwani area, the drug peddler used to smuggle drugs under the guise of delivery, after which the police laid a trap and nabbed him.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis accused the Uddhav Thackeray government of helping drug kingpin Lalit Patil who was arrested on Tuesday after his escape on October 2 from Pune's Sassoon General Hospital.
Saamana, the official mouthpiece of the Shiv Sena (UBT) faction, claimed that there is a conspiracy to make Maharashtra addicted to drugs and added that the state has become a big market for the sale and consumption of drugs.
An interstate drug smuggling racket was busted by the Special Operations Team (SOT) of Malkajgiri zone, along with the Keesara police, in Telangana's Medchal-Malkajgiri district along with the arrest of three persons, officials said.