Commissionerate Police Amritsar on Tuesday dismantled a drug trafficking cartel with the arrest of four individuals, including one woman and seized 5 kg heroin from their possession, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said.
Those arrested have been identified as Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi (19) and Baljeet Kaur (32), both resident of village Muthiaval in Tarn Taran; Maninder Singh (34), a resident of Bhikhiwind in Tarn Taran and Harpreet Singh (26), a resident of Lodhi Gujar village in Amritsar. Apart from recovering heroin, police teams have also impounded two motorcycles. Yadav said that all the accused persons were in direct contact with Pakistan-based smugglers and receiving consignments of drugs from across the border. Probe revealed that consignments were being dropped with the help of drones, he added. The DGP said that further investigations are going on to establish backward and forward linkages in this case. More arrests and recoveries are likely in coming days, he added.
TWO ACCUSED INVOLVED IN FIRING INCIDENTS ARRESTED AFTER BRIEF ENCOUNTER
Punjab Police have solved at least two firing incidents in the district Tarn Taran with the arrest of two associates of foreign-based gangster Prabhdeep Singh alias Prabh Dasuwal after a brief encounter took place at Valtoha in Tarn Taran, DGP Yadav said. Those arrested have been identified as Karanpreet Singh alias Karan and Gurlaljit Singh alias Laali. Police teams have also recovered one .32 bore pistol along with live cartridges and empty bullet shells from their possession, besides impounding their Honda Activa scooter, which they were riding. The accused were running an extortion racket on the directions of their handler Prabh Dasuwal and were involved in two firing incidents. The recent firing incident took place at a Medical Store in village Gharyala on January 1 this year and another firing incident took place at Valtoha wherein they targeted Arhtiya to demand extortion of Rs 20 lakh on December 2, 2024. DGP Yadav said that following the incident, Tarn Taran Police has launched a special operation and acting on technical aspects and human intel identified both the accused persons involved in both the cases.
