Chandigarh, Sep 10
Acting swiftly in the 8 kg heroin recovery case, Commissionerate Police Amritsar has arrested four more drug smugglers and recovered 12 kg contraband from their possession, taking the total seizure of the drugs in this case to 20 kg, said Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Wednesday.
Those arrested have been identified as Gurbhej Singh (50) and his son Gurdit Singh (22), Malkit Singh (50) and Gurjit Singh (29).
Sharing operation details, Commissioner of Police (Amritsar) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that during interrogation, arrested drug smuggler Gursewak Singh revealed that a father-son duo, Gurbhej Singh and Gurdit Singh, along with Malkit Singh, were running the drug syndicate in the area. Gurbhej Singh was coordinating smuggling operations in the border area of the Tarn Taran sector and maintained direct contact with Pakistan-based smugglers, he said.
Accused Gurbhej was using cattle sheds to conceal the heroin consignments, he said, adding that following his disclosure, 10 kg of heroin was recovered from an earthen pit in plastic containers at his house.