Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, April 11-
Punjab Police’s ANTF apprehended a key drug trafficker and recovered 18.2 kg heroin from his possession, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.
The arrested drug smuggler has been identified as Hira Singh alias Hira, a resident of Village Khaira in Amritsar. Apart from recovering big haul of heroin, police teams have also impounded his HF Deluxe motorcycle (PB 02 BW 7803), which he was riding.
DGP said that preliminary investigations have revealed that accused Hira Singh and his associate identified Kulwinder Singh alias Kinda of of village Dauke in Amritsar, were in touch with Pakistan-based drug trafficker identified as Billa. The latter has been using drones to drop the large consignments of heroin from across the border for the past one year, he said.
Sharing more details, ADGP ANTF Nilabh Kishore said that police teams of ANTF Border Range Amritsar had received a reliable input that accused Hira Singh and Kulwinder Singh are notorious drug smugglers and had been receiving heroin consignments via drones from a Pak-based drug smugglers for the past year.
