Woman drug peddler among 6 held

The city police have busted two international narco-trafficking modules resulting in the seizure of 4 kg of heroin apart from an Innova used for transporting drugs and arrested a notorious woman drug peddler among six traffickers in this connection.

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Those arrested were identified as Vishal Singh (23) of Guru Ki Wadali village, Didar Singh, alias Kali (50) of Jathaul village, Sevanbir Singh (25) of Burj Sarai Amant Khan village in Tarn Taran, Harjit Singh (38), alias Jita, of Baba Deep Singh Colony, Judge Singh (19) of Mohalla Chetuan and Jasbir Kaur (60) of Kapatgarh in the Chheharta area here.

Punjab Police DGP Gaurav Yadav said as per initial probe, one module was operated by Sevenbir, who was in direct contact with Pakistan-based smugglers. He used to receive heroin consignments via drones. He was operating under the guise of livestock trader, the DGP said.

Another notorious drug peddler Jasbir Kaur was linked to the cartel of infamous smuggler Ranjeet, alias Cheeta, and had links with smugglers operating on both sides of the international border, he said. “Further investigations are on to establish forward and backward links in this case,” DGP said.

While addressing mediapersons, Amritsar Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said both drug trafficking modules were busted following intelligence inputs. The police first arrested Vishal Singh, a labourer in Guru Ki Wadali with 3 kg heroin, Bhullar said. His interrogation led the police to Sevanbir Singh who had a drug case registered against him and Didar Singh, a labourer, he said. Sevenbir used to work as decorator and DJ player in functions, he said.

Sevenbir Singh was running the module under the garb of sale/purchase of goats for the past five years from which he amassed huge wealth to construct a big house at his village apart from purchasing other property, Bhullar said, while adding that these would be frozen after following the legal procedure.

He used to receive heroin consignments through drones at village, which was located near the Indo-Pak border, Bhullar said. After retrieving consignments, he used to conceal the contraband at his relatives’ home and later, distribute it through his associates, the Police Commissioner said, while adding that further investigations were on to unravel backward and forward links of both the modules. He said more arrests and recoveries were likely in this connection in the coming days.

Later, the police arrested Jasbir Kaur of Kapatgarh. Along with her, Harjit and Judge were also nabbed. Harjit had two drug cases registered against him at the Cantonment police station here. Two separate cases under the NDPS Act were registered at the Chheharta police station here in this connection.