Heroin Worth 200 Crore Recovered Near International Border In Amritsar

The recovery was made during a joint operation by the Punjab Police and the Border Security Force (BSF), the police said.

Around 40 kg of heroin worth Rs 200 crore in the international market was recovered from Panjgraian area near the Indo-Pak border in Amritsar early Saturday morning, the police said. The recovery was made during a joint operation by the Punjab Police and the Border Security Force (BSF), they said. Amritsar (Rural) senior police officer Gulneet Singh Khurana said that police had received information that Nirmal Singh, a notorious smuggler and a resident of Gharinda in Amritsar, would take delivery of heroin coming from Pakistan at the International Border (IB). This information was shared with the BSF, the police said.