PROBE REVEALS DRUG NETWORK IS OPERATED BY AN ACCUSED CURRENTLY LODGED IN KAPURTHALA JAIL: DGP GAURAV YADAV
(MOREPIC2) Vikram Ditya Sharma/Ferozepur
In yet another major operation during the last few days, Ferozepur Police today dismantled a cross-border drug smuggling attempt with the arrest of one person and recovery of 15.7 kg heroin from his possession.
While divulging details, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadv said that the arrested accused has been identified as Sonu Singh, a resident of Habibwala in Ferozepur. The accused has no criminal background.
DGP Yadav said that during the preliminary preliminary investigation, it came to fore that the drug network is operated by an accused currently lodged in Kapurthala Jail, while the consignment was sent by Pakistan-based smugglers.
The DGP said that further investigation is underway to establish forward and backward linkages in this case to expose the entire network.
(MOREPIC1) SSP Bhupinder Singh Sidhu said that the teams of CIA Ferozepur had received inputs that suspect Sonu Singh had retrieved a heroin consignment and is on the way from village Palla Megha towards City Ferozepur. Acting swiftly, police teams under the supervision of SP (D) Ferozepur Manjeet Singh and DSP (D) Ferozepur Barjinder Singh launched an intelligence-led operation and arrested the accused at Naka deployed at village Dulchi Ke, he said.
The SSP said that further investigations are ongoing in this case. More arrests and recoveries are likely in coming days, he added.
In this regard, a case FIR no. 252 dated 13.09.25 has been registered under section 21 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Sadar Ferozepur.
