Major heroin smuggling bid foiled by Punjab Police, drugs worth Rs 200 crores seized along Indo-Pak border

Major drug smuggling bid by Pakistan-based smugglers foiled by Punjab Police with specific inputs provided by the intelligence wing. 

New Delhi: The Amritsar Rural Police on Saturday (August 21, 2021) morning foiled a major drug smuggling bid by Pakistan-based smugglers in an operation led by the intelligence wing and based on specific inputs. As many as 39 packets of heroin, weighing 40.81 kg was recovered in the Panjgraian Border Outpost (BOP) area of Amritsar estimated to be worth around Rs 200 crores in the international market. Joint teams of Punjab Police and BSF successfully seized the huge cache of drugs besides recovering 180 grams of opium and two plastic pipes (manufactured by Super Punjab Pump, Made in Pakistan). The police have also impounded a motorcycle and a Scooty belonging to the smugglers from the smuggling side found stationed at the vicinity. The operation was supported by the Border Security Force (BSF) as it was carried out in the border area under their control.