The Border Security Force (BSF) foiled a smuggling attempt in Punjab's Amritsar and arrested three smugglers who were trying to flee with the consignment of heroin.
The Border Security Force (BSF) foiled a smuggling bid in Punjab's Amritsar and arrested three smugglers who were trying to get away with the consignment of heroin.
The BSF troops on Thursday night intercepted a suspected drone near Pakka Chisti village in Fazilka district of Punjab and recovered contraband suspected to be heroin from a farming field.
According to Bhanupada Superintendent of Police (SP) Bhanupada Chakraborty, "Acting on confidential information from a reliable source, Police Inspector Shuburanjan Dey in Kadamtala Police Station arrested Rashid Ahmed with 437gm of heroin worth Rs 40 lakh on Wednesday."
Based on intelligence input, a raid was conducted by a team of STF, Bhubaneswar near Jodiaghati in Keonjhar on Monday evening against illegal dealing and possession of narcotic drugs.
In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a key absconding accused in the Attari border heroin seizure case involving the smuggling of over 102 kgs of narcotics from Afghanistan via the India-Pakiastan border in April 2022, the agency said on Saturday.
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.
"It's not a small case, 60kgs of drug(heroin) being trafficked over one year by just one network is a huge case", the DGP said adding that almost 400 crores rupees of drugs trafficked by just one network is huge.