In a post shared on the social media platform X, Gaurav Yadav, Director General of Police, Punjab, said that the police have also recovered 3 kilogrammes of heroin as well as two pistols.
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.
Amritsar Police on Thursday busted an international narco smuggling cartel backed by the US with the arrest of a drug smuggler after recovering 5 kg of heroin from his possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav.
The anti-narcotics squad of the Thane Crime Branch busted a drug smuggling racket and arrested eight accused. Drugs worth Rs 55 lakh 73 thousand and materials and chemicals required for making 'MD' have been seized from them.
Punjab Police on Sunday busted a cross-border drug and arms smuggling racket being operated by USA-based smuggler Manpreet, alias Mannu Mahawa, with the arrest of its two key persons from Amritsar.
Punjab Police busted a drug smuggling racket with the arrest of four persons and recovered 3 kg heroin and Rs 9 lakh money from their possession, said Commisioner of Police, Amritsar, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar here on Tuesday.
Amidst the ongoing war against drugs, Punjab Police on Sunday busted a cross-border drug smuggling racket being operated by a USA-based smuggler and arrested two people with 6 kilogram heroin.
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."
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.
Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday defended the move by the AAP government in Punjab to have Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira arrested over alleged connections with a drug smuggling racket, saying that the narcotic menace could have a devastating impact on the state's youth.<