BSF, Punjab Police arrest two drug smugglers in joint operation

The Border Security Force, in a joint operation with Punjab Police, arrested five criminal elements including two drug peddlers and confiscated over 300 grams of heroin, two mobiles, a car and a bike from their possession.

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In a statement released on Friday, a BSF spokesman said that in a joint operation with the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of Punjab Police, two alleged smugglers were arrested while they were delivering the drug consignment near Khasa area.

“As the team observed exchange of a suspicious packet between a motorcycle rider and an individual in a car, it acted swiftly and arrested both. A packet of suspected heroin (gross weight 313 grams), two mobile phones, a motorcycle and a car have been seized from their possession,” said BSF officials.

The two smugglers belonged to Shahura village and Jandiala Guru.

In another intelligence-based operation, a proclaimed offender was arrested along with his two associates near Ajnala grain market. The accused were of Karailyan, Malikpur and Raipur villages.