504 gm heroin seized from field at Mari Kamboke in Tarn Taran

The Khalra police and the BSF in a joint search operation in the fields of Mari Kamboke seized 504 gm of heroin, which was packed in a packet.

The district police said here today that the police and the BSF launched a joint search operation in the field of farmer Angrej Singh of Mari Kamboke village and seized a packet having 504 gm of heroin. ASI Gursahib Singh said the consignment was dropped by the drone, which came from the Pakistan side. The Khalra police have registered a case under Section 21-C, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act and Sections 10,11 and 12 of the Aircraft Act.

The police further said that the police party led by Sub-Inspector Vipin Kumar of Patti Sadar police arrested a person involved in heroin smuggling last evening. The accused has been identified as Gurlal Singh, a resident of Dubli. The police seized 22 gm of heroin, a small electronic weigh machine and Rs 1,300 drug money from the accused. The police have registered a case under Sections 21-B, 27-A, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act.

In other cases, the Chabal police seized 9 gm of heroin from Sukhwinder Singh, a resident of Pakka Qila Chabal, and Bhikhiwind police seized 6 gm of heroin from Mani Kumar, a resident of Sursingh. Cases under the NDPS Act have been registered by the police under relevant sections of the NDPS Act.