Chandigarh- In a serious breakthrough amidst the continued drive to make Punjab a drug free state as per instructions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police’s Anti Narcotics Activity Pressure (ANTF) in a joint operation with Border Safety Pressure (BSF), has busted a Pak-backed cross-border smuggling module with the arrest of three masterminds and recovered 24.5 kg heroin and ₹21 lakh drug cash from their possession, mentioned Director Normal of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav right here on Sunday.
These arrested have been recognized as Jagjit Singh alias Rana, a resident of village Noorwal in Amritsar, Manpreet Singh alias Preet, a resident of village Aulakh Khurd in Amritsar and Roshan Singh, a resident of village Dhupsari in Amritsar.
Other than recovering heroin and drug cash, BSF and police groups have additionally impounded multi-copter drone, which was utilized by Pak-based smugglers to ship the consignment from throughout the border, and two automobiles together with SUV Mahindra Thar getting used to ship the narcotics.
DGP mentioned that preliminary investigations have revealed direct hyperlinks of arrested accused with Pakistan-based handlers. Following a deep technical investigation, police groups have efficiently dismantled this Pakistan-linked cross-border community.The DGP mentioned that additional investigation is ongoing to determine ahead and backward linkages on this case, he mentioned.
Sharing extra particulars, Superintendent of Police (SP) ANTF Gurpreet Singh mentioned that the operation was carried out in two phases, as initially 12.1 kg of heroin together with a multi-copter drone was recovered. After forensic evaluation of Drone, together with its technical knowledge, latitude-longitude and tower dump evaluation, has led to an extra seizure of 12.4 kg heroin from the home of Manpreet Singh, bringing the overall restoration to 24.5 kg of heroin, he mentioned.
The SP mentioned that accused Jagjit Rana has not too long ago bought properties in posh localities utilizing drug cash and was additionally keen on automobiles. Extra arrests and recoveries are anticipated on this case as investigation progress, he mentioned. On this regard, a case FIR no. 43, dated March 2, 2026, has been registered below sections 21(c) and 23 of the NDPS Act and sections 25, 26 and 29 of the Plane Act at Police Station ANTF SAS Nagar.
