Chandigarh/Amritsar- Amidst the continuing drive to make Punjab a drug free state as per the instructions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a cross-border narcotics smuggling module with the arrest of its one operative and recovered 5 kg heroin from his possession, mentioned DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav right here on Monday.
The arrested accused has been recognized as Kuldeep Singh, a resident of village Bhindi Aulakh Kalan in Amritsar Rural. Other than recovering contraband, the police groups have additionally impounded his Hero Deluxe bike, getting used for transporting the consignments.
DGP mentioned that preliminary investigations have revealed that the arrested accused individual Kuldeep Singh was performing upon the instructions of Pakistan-based smuggler recognized as Awan, who has been utilizing drones to drop the consignments of narcotics from throughout the border.
Sharing operational particulars, the DGP mentioned that groups of CI Amritsar had acquired a particular intelligence that in regards to the retrieval an enormous consignment of narcotics from Indo-Pak border space falling close to village Bhindi Aulakh and the suspect is anticipated to ship the consignment to the following social gathering within the space close to Gate of village Bhindi Aulakh. Performing swiftly, police crew of CI Amritsar intercepted the suspect Kuldeep Singh on Ajnala to Lopoke highway and recovered heroin consignment from his possession, he mentioned. He mentioned that additional investigation is underway to uncover the community’s from side to side linkages.
On this regard, a case FIR No. 71 dated 29-11-2025 has been registered underneath sections 21, 25 and 29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station State Particular Operations Cell, Amritsar.
