The Punjab Police has busted an "international" drugs smugglin🔥g module with th🏅e arrest of seven people and recovered 5.47 kilogrammes of heroin in the Fazilka district, the state's top officer said on Sunday.
Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said the arrested accused were in touch with a Pa💟kistan-b🉐ased smuggler
The Punjab Police has busted an "international" drugs smugglin🔥g module with th🏅e arrest of seven people and recovered 5.47 kilogrammes of heroin in the Fazilka district, the state's top officer said on Sunday.
Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said the arrest𝓡ed accused were in tou🗹ch with a Pakistan-based smuggler.
During the joint operation wi♈th the Border Security Force (BSF), the police also recovered Rs 1.70 lakh in cash and 40 cartridges.
"In a major breakthrough against trans-border narcotics smuggling networks, Fazilka police and BSF, in a joint operation, have busted an international narco smuggling module and arrested seven drug smugglers wi💞th the seizure of 5.47 kilogramm🐬es of pure-grade heroin, Rs 1.70 lakh drug money, 40 cartridges and more...," Yadav said in a post on X.
"Prelimi♛nary investigations reveal that the arrested accused were in touch with a Pakistan-based smuggler," he said.
A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act has been registered, the senior officer said and add🌳ed investigations are underway to establish the backward and forward linkages.