Punjab police recover 20kg heroin from Fazilka; Two held
The sleuths belonging to Punjab Police have reportedly foiled a major drug smuggling bid by Pakistan-based smugglers with the arrest of two persons after recovering 20Kg of heroin from their possession.
Vikramditya Sharma
Jul 23, 2023 06:59
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Ferozepur, July 23, 2023: The sleuths belonging to Punjab Police have reportedly foiled a major drug smuggling bid by Pakistan-based smugglers with the arrest of two persons after recovering 20Kg of heroin from their possession.
While divulging details, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said that the accused have been identified as Subeg Singh, a resident of Lakhmir Ke Uttar in Fazilka and Sandip Singh alias Seepa of village Mansa in Fazilka.
The DGP said that following the inputs, special team from State Special Operation Cell in Fazilka carried out an extensive operation at Haste ke Road near village Rano in Fazilka district. “The accused were expected to come after retrieving the heroin consignment which had reportedly been dropped from across the border with the help of a drone. After seeing the police party, the accused tried to flee on their motorcycle from the spot, but, the police managed to apprehend them after a brief scuffle and recovered 10 packets of heroin, weighing 20 Kg”, said DGP.
Divulging more details, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) SSOC Fazilka Lakbhir Singh said that further investigations are on to find out more people involved in this module.” More arrests are expected in the coming days”, he further added.
A case FIR No. 24 dated 23.07.2023 has been registered under sections 21(C), 23 and 29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station SSOC Fazilka.
