Rs 100 crore-worth heroin found on 3 smugglers, drugs on way from J&K to Punjab

Punjab Police on Thursday arrested three alleged drugs smugglers, including a woman from Gurdaspur district of Punjab along with 18 kilos of heroin.

 
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Nearly 18 kilos of heroin were recovered from 3 alleged smugglers on Thursday | Image: Republic | Image: self

 

Punjab Police on Thursday arrested three alleged drugs smugglers, including a woman from Gurdaspur district of Punjab along with 18 kilos of heroin which was being smuggled to Punjab from Jammu and Kashmir. The module was being operated by US-based narcotics smuggler Mandeep Singh Dhaliwal. The three people arrested have been identified as Vikramjeet Singh of Sangrur, Sandeep Kaur of Sangrur and Kuldeep Singh of Mansa district of Punjab. Along with narcotics, police recovered a sedan car and a car camera from possession of three arrested.

Sources informed Republic that recovery was made from area falling under Dinanagar Police Station late Wednesday night when three drug smugglers were on their way to Amritsar from Kashmir valley. “18 kilogram of heroin worth more than 100 crores have been recovered; the recovered heroin is high grade narcotics likely to have been smuggled from Golden Crescent. Accused Kuldeep Singh is history sheeter and is named in multiple FIRs in Punjab,” a source said.

(This is a developing story)

Published By : Gursimran Singh

Published On: 27 July 2023 at 21:03 IST