Around 40 kg of heroin worth Rs 200 crore in the international market was recovered from the India-Pakistan border in Amritsar early on Saturday morning, police said.
The recovery was made during a joint operation by the Punjab Police and the Border Security Force, they said.
Amritsar (Rural) Senior Superintendent of Police Gulneet Singh Khurana told news agency Press Trust of India that police had received information that one Nirmal Singh, a resident of Gharinda in Amritsar, would take delivery of heroin coming from Pakistan at the International Border (IB).
Based on this, an operation was conducted and 40.81 kg of heroin was recovered from the border, he said.
Mr Khurana said Nirmal Singh is on the run and a case has been registered in the matter.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Lawrence Bishnoi Interview Row: 7 Cops Suspended By Punjab Police Border Force Recovers 13 Kg Of Suspected Heroin In Punjab's Tarn Taran Kashmir Man Plans To Cross Border In Gujarat To Meet Pak Woman He Met Online, Detained Saudi Executes Over 100 Foreigners In 2024: Report Schools Go Online, No Entry For Trucks As Delhi Air Pollution Worsens X User Seeks Relief For Middle Class. Nirmala Sitharaman Responds "Will Ask India To Send Back Sheikh Hasina": Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus All About The Indian Satellite To Be Launched By Elon Musk's SpaceX Man Jumps Into Dam To Shoot Social Media Reel, Missing: Police Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.