Chandigarh: Punjab police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a cross-border drug smuggling racket with the arrest of a drug smuggler and recovered 10 kg heroin from his possession.
Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, Gaurav Yadav, said that the arrested accused has been identified as Harmandeep Singh, a resident of village Ghumanpura in Amritsar. Apart from recovering heroin, police teams have also impounded his black coloured Hero Splendor Motorcycle, which he was riding.
DGP Yadav said that the team of Counter Intelligence, Amritsar, had a reliable input that accused Harmandeep has established relations with the Pakistan-based drug smugglers and recently got a huge consignment of heroin from Pakistan, which he is going to deliver to someone at Ram Tirath Road, Morh Village Kale near Dera Radha Swami in Amritsar. Acting swiftly on the inputs, the CI Amritsar nabbed the accused Harmandeep Singh at a special police checkpoint established at Ram Tirath Road in Amritsar, he said, while adding that during search, 10 Kgs of heroin has been recovered from the accused.
The DGP said preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused was constantly in-touch with Pakistan-based smuggler identified as Chacha Bawa, who sent heroin consignment via drones in the Attari sector for further supplying to other parties of the state.
