Punjab Police Net Two Smugglers in 10kg Opium Bust, Vow to Purge State of Drugs

PUNJAB POLICE BUST DRUG SMUGGLING CARTEL; TWO HELD WITH 10 KG OPIUM

PUNJAB POLICE COMMITTED TO MAKING PUNJAB A DRUG-FREE STATE AS PER DIRECTIONS OF CM BHAGWANT SINGH MANN

PROBE ON TO UNEARTH WHOLE NETWORK OF DRUGS SUPPLIERS, DEALERS AND THEIR BUYERS: CP GURPREET BHULLAR

CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, JANUARY 01:

In a big blow to trans-border narcotic smuggling cartel amidst the ongoing war against drugs on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police on Monday busted an inter-state Drug smuggling cartel with the arrest of two key persons after recovering 10 KG Opium from their possession.

Commisioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar has identified the arrested drug smugglers as Pishora Singh and Arjodh Singh @ Jodha both resident of Village Boparai Maadal, PS: Sadar Patti, Tarn Taran.

Apart from seizing Opium, Police teams have also impounded his Swift Car (PB04 V 1299), in which they were going to supply the Opium consignment.

CP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that following reliable inputs that arrested accused have procured Opium from a person in Imphal, Manipur and they are going to deliver it to someone, Police teams from CIA Staff-3 under supervision of  DCP Harpreet Mandher, ADCP CITY-3 Abhimanyu Rana IPS and ACP East Gurinderbir Singh conducted a special operation based on secret information  and arrested both the accused persons when they were waiting for someone to deliver consignment of Opium.

He said that as per preliminary investigations, they have procured Opium from a person of Imphal, Manipur.

CP Bhullar said that further investigations are being conducted to probe the backward and forward linkages and unearth the whole network of drug suppliers, dealers and their buyers. Efforts are being made to ascertain the total amount of narcotics procured by the arrested accused till date, he added.

Further, accused Pishora Singh has criminal background and two narcotics case are already registered against him in District Tarn Taran.

A case FIR no. 01 dated 01.01.2024 has been registered under sections 18, 29/61/85 of the NDPS Act and at Police Station Maqboolpura in Amritsar.