Amritsar police seize 30 kg heroin, arrest drug peddler

In the biggest seizure of narcotics in 2025, the Amritsar rural police have confiscated 30 kg heroin from a cross-border drug peddler, identified as Gursimranjit Singh, alias Simran, of Basarke Gillan village under the Gharinda police station.

He was arrested following intelligence inputs. The police have been working on leads and managed to arrest him. The police have also identified three members of the trans-border cartel and efforts were on to arrest them too.

According to sources, the racket was being operated by USA-based drug peddler Raju Dhattal, who originally hailed from the Gharinda area. Though they did not have any previous criminal record, the police official said their credentials were being looked into.

Amritsar rural police SSP Charanjit Singh Sohal said as per intelligence inputs, Gursimranjit was involved in large-scale drug peddling. In the past three months, he had retrieved four drug consignments of around 75 kg each.

“The seized packets of drugs having hooks and wrapped in yellow adhesive tape indicated that these were smuggled from Pakistan using drones,” said the SSP. He said the matter would also be taken up with the Border Security Force (BSF) after identifying the spots from where the drugs were sneaked in. Apart from heroin, the police also impounded Simran’s car in which he was carrying the consignment.

Amritsar rural police teams led by Gharinda SHO Amandeep Singh stopped a car for routine checking. On search, four packets of heroin, weighing 7.5 kg each, were found in a black bag, said the SSP.

The suspect was being interrogated to gather more details about the source and distribution network involved in the smuggling operation. More arrests were likely, the SSP added.