2 narcotic cartels busted in Amritsar, over 9 kg heroin seized

Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted two narcotic cartels with the arrest of six drug traffickers and recovered a total of 9.066 kg heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday.

Those arrested have been identified as Honey (18) of village Kale Ghanupur in Amritsar, Parmdeep Singh alias Paras (18) of Jandiala Guru in Amritsar, Harwinder Singh alias Hinda (19) of Jandiala Guru in Amritsar, Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi (25) of village Dande in Amritsar, Jasbir Kaur (40) of village Dhala in Tarn Taran and Kulwinder Kaur (54) of village Haveliyan in Tarn Taran.

The development came a day after Amritsar Commissionerate Police unearthed a drug smuggling syndicate run by Moga‑based Jagpreet Singh alias Jagga, arrested its key operative Yasin Mohammed, and seized 7.1 kg of heroin from his possession.

Yadav said preliminary investigation revealed that a foreign-based notorious gangster identified as Harpreet alias Happy Jatt, a native of Jandiala Guru, had direct links with Pakistan-based smugglers and was running this network using social media platforms.

The DGP said two separate FIRs have been registered at Chheharta Police Station in Amritsar, and further investigation is ongoing to identify wider networks and cross-border linkages in both cases.

Bhullar said initially, Honey was arrested with 20 gm of heroin. During questioning, Parmdeep Singh’s name came up, and he was also arrested with 5.032 kg of heroin.

Subsequently, two more members of the module — Harwinder Hinda and Gurpreet Gopi — were arrested. Police teams seized an additional chunk of 3.010 kg of heroin from Gurpreet, taking the total recovery to 8.062 kg.

Bhullar said Gurpreet and Parmdeep used to receive narcotics consignments dropped using drones from across the border at pre-decided locations. The duo was distributing the heroin on the instructions of Happy Jatt, he added.

In another operation, Bhullar said Jasbir Kaur and Kulwinder Kaur were arrested with 1.004 kg of heroin. The arrested accused, Jasbir Kaur, was in direct contact with Pakistan smugglers, he said, while adding that both the modules have common Pakistan-based smugglers.