Woman among 4 held for drug trafficking in Punjab, 5 kg heroin seized

Punjab Police on Tuesday said they had dismantled a drug cartel with the arrest of four individuals, including a woman, and seized 5 kg of heroin from their possession.

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Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said those arrested had been identified as Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi (19), Baljeet Kaur (32) and Maninder Singh (34) from Tarn Taran and Harpreet Singh (26) from Amritsar's Lodhi Gujar village.

Apart from recovering heroin from them, police teams also impounded two motorcycles.

DGP Yadav said all the accused were in direct contact with Pakistan-based smugglers and receiving consignments of drugs from across the border.

Probe revealed that consignments were being dropped with the help of drones, he added.

The DGP said further investigations are on to establish backward and forward linkages in the case.