Chandigarh/Amritsar- In a serious breakthrough 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 drug trafficking module with the arrest of three operatives and recovered 6 kg heroin and 6 kg of ICE (Crystal Methamphetamine) from their possession, stated Director Common of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav right here on Monday.
These arrested have been recognized as Partap Singh, a resident of Village Sursingh Wala in Ferozepur; Ajaypal Singh, a resident of Village Kohala in Amritsar; and Jobandeep Singh, a resident of Village Khiala Kalan in Amritsar. Other than recovering the narcotics consignment, police groups have additionally impounded their black-colored Splendor Motorbike (PB02FE1185) and white-colored Activa (PB02ET8995), which had been getting used for transporting the consignment. DGP stated that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused, Partap Singh and Ajaypal Singh, had been in direct contact with a Pakistan-based smuggler.
Arrested accused had been amassing consignments smuggled from throughout the border with the assistance of drones, from the fenced space of villages Atalgarh and Rattan in Amritsar, he stated, whereas including that the accused had been additional tasked with supplying these narcotics to different events within the state.
Sharing operational particulars, he stated that CI Amritsar had obtained particular intelligence that Partap Singh and Ajaypal Singh had just lately obtained an enormous consignment of medicine by way of drone and had been en path to ship it to their affiliate, Jobandeep Singh close to the Water Tank Shamshan Ghat in Village Padhri. Appearing swiftly, a police crew from CI Amritsar raided the placement and arrested all three suspects together with 6 kg heroin and 6 kg ICE, he stated.
The DGP stated that additional investigation is underway to determine linkages on this case to reveal the total nexus, and extra arrests are anticipated.On this regard, a case FIR No. 10 dated 23.02.2026 has been registered below sections 21, 22, 25 and 29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station State Particular Operation Cell, Amritsar.
