10kg heroin, drone seized in Amritsar, 1 held

In two separate incidents, the Punjab Police have confiscated 10kg heroin, leading to the arrest of one person.

According to information, the Lopoke police have arrested one Jagroop Singh of Dalla village with 5kg heroin. The cops also seized two mobile phones and impounded his motorcycle. He was arrested from Vaniye Ke village following a tip-off.

Amritsar (Rural) SSP Charanjit Singh said an informer claimed that Jagroop was going from Kamaske village to Vaniye ke to deliver drugs on his bike.

Following this, police teams led by Inspector Amandeep Singh arrived at the spot and found a man standing near a Dargah. Upon searching him, the police recovered five packets containing around 5kg heroin from him, the SSP added.

The entire incident was videographed. The contraband is believed to have been smuggled with the help of a hexacopter drone assembled in Pakistan. In another instance, after receiving information regarding a large drone falling in paddy fields in Manjh village, police teams searched the area and found a hexacopter with 5kg narcotics.

The SSP said Punjab Police had thwarted the nefarious designs of Pakistan-based anti-national entities to push in drugs.

Further interrogation of the suspect was underway to expose the entire module, he added.