Cross-Border Drugs Smuggling Racket Operated In US Busted, 2 Arrested: Punjab Cops
NDTV
Police teams conducted a special check-in in Burj village on the Attari road and arrested the accused as they were waiting for someone with the consignment.
With the arrest of two men and seizure of six kilograms of heroin from their possession, the Punjab Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a cross-border drugs-smuggling racket operated by a US-based smuggler. In a major blow to trans-border drug smuggling networks, @cpamritsar police arrests 2 associates of #USA based smuggler Jasmit Singh @ Lucky and recovers 6 Kg HeroinInvestigations on-going to establish backward & forward linkages (1/2) pic.twitter.com/MXPY4n1Qvl
Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said the accused were identified as Mohinderpal Singh of Model Town, Hoshiarpur and Sourav Sharma of Panj Pipli Chand Nagar, Hoshiarpur.
Apart from seizing the contraband, police have also impounded a car used by the two for transporting the consignment.
