Punjab police bust another trans-border drug smuggling network

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Punjab police bust another trans-border drug smuggling network

Monday, 30 January 2023 | PNS | Chandigarh/Amritsar

Punjab Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a drug smuggler after recovering five packets of heroin, weighing five kgs, and Rs 12.15 lakh drug money from his possession in yet another success against trans-border smuggling networks.

Sharing details, the state Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said that the arrested drug smuggler has been identified as Rashpal Singh alias Pala, a resident of village Kakkar in Lopoke, Amritsar.

The development came just a month after Punjab Police h

ad busted an elaborate trans-border drug smuggling cartel with the arrest of its two drug smugglers after recovering 10 packets of heroin, weighing 10Kg, from their possession in village Thaman in Gurdaspur.

DGP Yadav said that following reliable inputs, Police teams of Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar carried out a special operation near Thattha village in Lopoke, Amritsar, and successfully arrested the drug smuggler, when he was on the way to deliver the drug consignment to the buyer after receiving payment from some other party.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the consignment of drugs was pushed by Pakistan-based smugglers using a drone, he said.

CI Amritsar AIG Amarjit Singh Bajwa said that accused Rashpal alias Pala is a notorious drug smuggler. Further investigations are on to find out the receiver of the consignment and the person who paid him for the drugs, he said.

Meanwhile, a case has been registered under sections 21 and 29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station SSOC Amritsar.

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