Chandigarh, Sep 20
Amid the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and drug-free state as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a cross-border narcotics smuggling module being operated by foreign-based handler Harpal Singh and arrested one of its operative after recovering 5 kg heroin from his possession, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Saturday.
The latter is directly in touch with Pakistan-based smugglers and arranged several consignments of narcotics and weapon from across the border with the help of drones, he said.
Earlier, in a major breakthrough against cross-border narco-terror networks, Amritsar Commissionerate Police, busted two more narcotic cartels with the arrest of six drug traffickers and recovered 9.066 kg heroin from their possession, Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Thursday.
Those arrested have been identified as Honey, 18, Parmdeep Singh, alias Paras, 18, Harwinder Singh, alias Hinda, 19, Gurpreet Singh, alias Gopi, 25, Jasbir Kaur, 40, and Kulwinder Kaur, 54.