— ARRESTED ACCUSED WERE RETRIEVING CONSIGNMENTS FROM BORDER IN LOPOKE ON DIRECTIVES OF FOREIGN HANDLER: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— PROBE UNDERWAY TO UNCOVER COMPLETE FORWARD AND BACKWARD LINKAGES
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, November 6:
In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe, secure, and drug-free state as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a cross-border narcotics smuggling network with the arrest of four individuals, including one juvenile, and recovered 36 kg heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.
Those arrested have been identified as Sahil Singh, a resident of Ghanupur in Amritsar; Paramjeet Singh and Kamalpal Singh, both residents of Rajasansi, Amritsar; and a juvenile. Accused Paramjeet Singh has a criminal background and has been facing three cases under NDPS Act.
Apart from recovering a massive haul of heroin, police teams have also impounded two Hero Splendor motorcycles used in the logistical movement of the narcotics consignment.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused were allegedly acting on the instructions of a foreign-based handler. The latter was facilitating delivery of heroin consignments near the India-Pakistan border in the Lopoke area and supplying them to other parties through his operatives, he said.
Sharing operational details, he said that CI Amritsar had received a specific intelligence that the four associates of foreign-based handler had retrieved a huge consignment of drone-smuggled heroin from the Lopoke border area and they are expected to hand over the contraband to another party somewhere at Amritsar-Lopoke Road. Acting swiftly, police teams conducted a raid and intercepted Sahil Singh, Paramjeet Singh, Kamalpal Singh, and the juvenile near the Bharatmala Highway bridge and recovered 36 kg of heroin along with the impounding of their two motorcycles— which they were riding, he said.
The DGP said that further investigation is underway to uncover the complete network and its backward and forward linkages in this case.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 72 dated 06-11-2026 under sections 21, 25, and 29 of the NDPS Act has been registered at Police Station State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar.
