— ARRESTED ACCUSED WERE IN CONTACT WITH PAKISTAN-BASED SMUGGLER: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING; MORE ARRESTS AND RECOVERIES ARE LIKELY IN COMING DAYS
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, May 3:
In a major breakthrough against trans-border narcotics smuggling amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a drug-free state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a narcotic smuggling module with the arrest of its three operatives and recovered 12 kg Heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday.
Those arrested have been identified as Gurjant Singh, a resident of Village Sakatra in Tarn Taran; Arvinder Singh and Jashanpreet Singh, both residents of village Bugga in District Tarn Taran. Apart from recovering the contraband, Police teams have also impounded their black colored Hero motorcycle (PB46AL2286) being used for transporting the consignment.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that arrested accused Gurjant Singh was in contact with Pakistan-based smuggler. Gurjant would receive heroin consignments delivered by drones from across the border around his village and subsequently deliver them to his associates Arvinder Singh and Jashanpreet Singh as directed by the Pakistan-based smuggler.
Sharing operational details, he said that acting on specific information that Gurjant had received a huge consignment via drone and was going to deliver it to his associates, police teams from Amritsar laid special nakas around the Amritsar to Chabal Road near the Toll Plaza. The teams intercepted the three accused and recovered 12 Kgs of heroin during the search, he said.
The DGP said that further investigation is underway to establish forward and backward linkages to uncover the entire network.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 28 dated 02-05-2026 has been registered under sections 21, 25, and 29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station State Special Operation Cell, Amritsar.
