Amritsar: Police recover 15 Kg heroin, money from juvenile; probe on to nab mastermind
Amritsar, February 9: Punjab Police on Thursday thwarted another smuggling bid, seizing 15 kgs of contraband (heroin) valued at Rs 8.40 lakh along with the arrest of a drug smuggler in Amritsar.
The officials further informed that multiple teams have been formed to nab the mastermind who managed to flee from the spot.
According to preliminary investigations, the drug package was airdropped by Pakistan-based drug smugglers using a drone.
"The arrested drug smuggler was en route to deliver drug consignment after retrieving it from the border area," Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab Gaurav Yadav informed.
"A juvenile was arrested. Fifteen packets of heroin, weighing 15 kg, and drug money of Rs 8.40 lakh were recovered from his possession," he added.
"The 17-year-old arrested drug smuggler is a resident of Amritsar. Apart from recovering heroin and drug money, the Police have also recovered a Hero Deluxe Motorcycle, on which he was travelling," the statement further read.
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The arrest came about ten days after Punjab Police busted a trans-border drug smuggling cartel with the arrest of a drug smuggler after recovering five packets of heroin weighing 5Kg and Rs 12.15 lakh in drug money from his possession during a special check at village Thattha in Lopoke, Amritsar.
According to DGP Gaurav Yadav, following reliable human inputs, police teams from Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar conducted a naka on Ram Tirath Road Amritsar and successfully arrested the juvenile, who was planning to deliver the drug consignment with his accomplice, Resham Singh of village Khasa in Amritsar, after retrieving it from the area of village Kakkar.
"Preliminary investigations revealed that the consignment of drugs was airdropped by Pakistan-based smugglers using a drone," he stated.
He claimed that drug smuggler Resham Singh, who appears to be the mastermind of the trans-border narcotics smuggling ring, was able to flee the scene. "Police teams are on a manhunt to nab him."
Amarjit Singh Bajwa, AIG CI Amritsar, stated that the arrested juvenile's father and grandfather are already imprisoned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS).
"Further investigations are on to find out who sent the consignment from across the border and to whom accused persons were going to deliver," he said.
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- ANI
