PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT DRUG CONSIGNMENTS WERE BEING SMUGGLED VIA DRONES: DGP GAURAV YADAV, FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS ARE ON, MORE ARRESTS EXPECTED: ADGP ANTF NILABH KISHORE
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In a major crackdown against cross-border drug smuggling amidst the ongoing anti-drug campaign ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’, Punjab Police’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) arrested a key drug trafficker linked to a Pakistan-based smuggler after recovering 3.105 kg heroin and two .32 bore country-made pistols along with 37 cartridges and two magazines from his possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Wednesday.
The arrested accused has been identified as Jobanjit Singh alias Joban, a resident of village Kotli Sur Singh in Tarn Taran. The accused has a criminal history.
DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the accused had been receiving heroin consignments via drones from a Pakistan-based smugglers from past few months.
The DGP said that further investigations are ongoing to establish the backward and forward linkages to dismantle the entire network and more arrests are likely in coming days.
Sharing operation details, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) ANTF Nilabh Kishore said that police teams of ANTF Border Range Amritsar had received a reliable input that accused Jobanjit alias Joban is notorious drug smuggler and has recently retrieved a drug and weapon consignment from across the border.
Acting Swiftly, Police teams led by Superintendent of Police (SP) Border Range Gurpreet Singh launched an intel-based operation and apprehended accused Jobanjit Singh from his house located in village Kotli Sur Singh, he added.
A case FIR No. 99 dated 15.04.2025 has been registered under sections 21-C, 23 and 25 of the NDPS Act and section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station ANTF in SAS Nagar.