The Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with Punjab Police, recovered a drone along with six packets weighing 6 kilograms and suspected to contain heroin from a farming field near Village Majar Jamsher Pattan Dhani in Fazilka district on Wednesday.
The apprehended accused have been identified as Laldinpuii of Tahan who is a citizen of Myanmar and Lalengliani who is a resident of Champhai district's Zokhawthar town.
According to officials, at first, an accused identified as Mohd Nasir alias Kaku (19), involved in drug trafficking, was arrested near Anand Vihar Bus Terminal with 426 grams of heroin. At his instance, another accused, Mohd Bijli was apprehended from Delhi's Haiderpur, police said.
According to the police, the arrested persons transported the drugs from Rajasthan to Hyderabad. The arrested were identified as Umesh Tiwari,35, a resident of Sultanpur, Uttar pradesh, Suresh Dewasi,26, a resident of Bhinmal, Rajasthan, and Ravla Ram, 22, a resident of Sanchore, Rajasthan.
Singh, who is of Amearica's Got Talent fame and is known for his gigantic height, was produced before the Tarn Taran court. The court sentenced him to five days of remand.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested two people and recovered 8.94 kilograms of heroin worth Rs. 62.58 crore from a vehicle in Dimapur on Friday.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday lauded state police after it intercepted a vehicle and recovered 637. 28 grams of heroin in Karbi Anglong District.
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 big blow to Trans Border narcotic network, in an intelligence led operation, CI (counter intelligence) Ferozepur, recovered 12 kgs of heroin and apprehended 2 people.
According to the police, the drugs were transported from Pakistan using drones. The Punjab Police Chief Gaurav Yadav termed the crackdown "a big blow to trans-border narcotic network".
Deputy Inspector General (STF) of Police Partha Sarathi Mahanta told ANI that, "Acting upon a source input on a probable drugs consignment an operation was launched by STF Assam on Saturday in Guwahati to foil the criminal act by apprehending the persons involved."
The accused, identified as 31-year-old Juned Khan alias Juber, hailing from Bairam Nagar of Uttar Pradesh’s Bilaspur was arrested from Ghazipur Shamshan Ghat with 1.541 kilograms of heroin, valued at over Rs 1.5 crore, police said on Tuesday.