Raj Sadosh/Fazilka/Abohar.
In a major breakthrough against trans-border narcotic smuggling networks, Fazilka Police in a joint operation with Border Security Force (BSF) have busted an International Narco smuggling module with the arrest of seven drug smugglers after recovering 5.47 Kg pure grade Heroin and Rs1.07 lakh drug money from their possession.
(MOREPIC1)Those arrested have been identified as Baljinder Singh alias Lovely (21), Sukhchain Singh alias Lucky (19) and Solav Singh (19), trio residents of village Peere Ke Uttar in Fazilka; Gurcharan Singh alias Milkha (21) of village Chak Swaah Wala, Karandeep Singh (29) of village Badal Ke, Daljit Singh alias Maani (23) of Mahatam Nagar all in Fazilka and Kamaldeep Singh (32) of village Kot Gobindpura in Kapurthala. Kamaldeep Singh has already been facing two cases under the NDPS act in Kapurthala.
(SUBHEAD)Police teams also recovered 40 live cartridges, six mobile phones, 8.4 gm gold and 68.97 gm silver from their possession, besides, impounding their Hyundai Verna car (HR 06 Y 8681) and three motorcycles.
Preliminary investigations revealed most of the accused persons are students and were preparing for Army recruitment when they got acquainted with drug smuggler Kamaldeep Singh and started smuggling heroin from across the border. They were in touch with a Pakistan-based smuggler and were getting drug consignments via drones.
SSP Fazilka Dr. Pragya Jain said that Police teams got reliable inputs that accused Baljinder Singh, Sukhchain Singh, Solav Singh, Gurcharan Singh, Karandeep Singh and Kamaldeep Singh had got consignment smuggled from Pakistan and kept concealed at accused Baljinder’s house.
PS Amir Khas teams carried out raids and arrested all the accused when they were about to leave in their Verna car and recovered drug consignment, live cartridges and drug money from their possession, she said, while adding that later Police teams have also arrested accused Daljit Singh.
A case has been registered u/s 21, 23 and 29 of the NDPS Act and 25 of the Arms Act at PS Amir Khas.
Fazilka Police has recovered 22.57 kg of heroin since inception of the Model Code of Conduct on March 16, 2024, which valued more than 110 crores in international market.
