Moga police seize heroin worth Rs 21 cr

Tribune News Service

Moga, March 24

The Moga police have recovered 4.290 kg of heroin, of an international market value of Rs21 crore, from the Indo-Pak border in Ferozepur district. This was revealed here on Tuesday by Senior Superintendent of Police Harmanbir Singh Gill.

He said one Bagicha Singh, a resident of Ferozepur’s Chugee village, was arrested by the local police from Dharamkot bus stand with 50 gm of heroin on March 20. During investigation, he revealed that another consignment of more than 2 kg of heroin was smuggled from Pakistan into his fields across the fencing along the Indo-Pak border.

Moga Deputy Superintendent of Police (Investigations) Jangjit Singh and CIA staff incharge Kikkar Singh visited the fields of the accused and recovered four plastic bottles filled with heroin. Besides, a .30 bore pistol was also recovered from him.

Further investigations revealed that the accused had been getting consignments of contraband from his counterparts in Pakistan for the past many years.

The SSP said one Amrik Singh, elder brother of Bagicha Singh, had also been involved in the smuggling of heroin, and was arrested. At present, he was under judicial custody at Amritsar Central Jail. He said the police had registered a fresh case against Singh under relevant sections of the NDPS Act and the Arms Act. Further probe was underway.

On Monday, the CIA and the BSF had seized 4.27 kg of heroin from an area close to the border outpost Bareke along the India-Pakistan border.

Officials said the consignment was stored in four plastic bottles. A China-made pistol was also seized along with the contraband.

In another incident, BSF troops seized three packets of heroin weighting around 3.25 kg in the Abohar sector.

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