— ARRESTED ACCUSED WERE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH EUROPE-BASED HANDLERS AND JAILED OPERATIVES: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— FURTHER INVESTIGATION ONGOING; MORE ARRESTS AND RECOVERIES ARE LIKELY: CP ASR GURPREET BHULLAR
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, April 5:
Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a drug-free state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has dismantled a cross-border drug smuggling module with the arrest of two accused persons and recovered 4.13 kg heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday.
Those arrested have been identified as Atish Suman (22), a resident of Palahi Gate in Phagwara, Kapurthala, and Sawinder Singh alias Sundri (28), a resident of village Boparai Kalan in Amritsar.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused were in direct contact with Europe-based handlers and jailed operatives, facilitating cross-border drug smuggling and distributing consignments across Majha and Doaba regions. Both accused have prior criminal involvement under NDPS and Arms Act, he said.
The DGP said that further investigation is ongoing to establish forward and backward linkages in this case to uncover the entire network.
Sharing operational details, Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that acting on reliable secret information, police teams had arrested accused Atish Suman with 220 grams heroin. Upon further interrogation, an additional 670 grams of heroin was recovered, taking the total recovery from him to 890 grams, he said.
The CP said that based on the disclosure made by Atish Suman, police teams also arrested his associate Sawinder Singh alias Sundri, from whom a major recovery of 3.24 kg was recovered. Further investigation is on, and more arrests and recoveries are likely in coming days, he added.
In this regard, FIR no. 64 dated 27-03-2026 has been registerd under sections 21-B, 21-C and 29 of the NDPS act at Police Station Sultanwind in Amritsar.
