Punjab Police seize 12 kg heroin smuggled from Pakistan

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Updated At : 06:11 PM Oct 23, 2023 IST

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PK Jaiswar

Amritsar, October 23

The State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) here have busted a cross-border smuggling racket with the arrest of a drug trafficker.

The police seized 12kg of heroin, smuggled from Pakistan through a drone, from his possession.

DGP Gaurav Yadav in a post on X gave details of the seizure.

He said those arrested had direct links with notorious drug smuggler Ranjeet Singh alias Cheeta, who was arrested in May 2020.

Cheeta was wanted in the seizure of 532kg of heroin by customs authorities from the Integrated Check post at Attari in June 2019.

The DGP said Cheeta’s brother Bhola was operating the drug racket from the US.

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