Punjab Drug Smuggling

Busting two more Pakistan-backed drug smuggling rackets, Punjab Police arrested six persons, and recovered eight kg heroin and three pistols from their possession, officials said on Saturday.

Punjab Police on Friday said they have busted one of the biggest interstate drug smuggling syndicates operating from Jharkhand and arrested two men besides seizing 66 kg of opium.

"Opium agriculturist & procurement collector arrested with 12 kg Opium from Jharkhand," the tweet added.

The Punjab Police on Monday said it has arrested three more people and seized 3.5 kg of heroin during an investigation connected to a cross-border drug and arms smuggling racket busted on December 31.

A cross-border drug and arms smuggling racket being operated by Pakistan-based smugglers has been busted in Amritsar with the arrest of a key person after recovering 2 kg Ice Drug (methamphetamine), police said on Thursday.

The Border Security Force (BSF) foiled a smuggling attempt in Punjab's Amritsar and arrested three smugglers who were trying to get away with the consignment of heroin.

With the arrest of two men and seizure of six kilograms of heroin from their possession, the Punjab Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a cross-border drugs-smuggling racket operated by a US-based smuggler.

Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a drone from a paddy field near Dhanoe Khurd village in Amritsar district, Punjab.

The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police recovered a bottle full of drugs from Rajatal, a village close to the International Border in the Amritsar district of the state.

Arrest of Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering has triggered a bitter three-point squabble in Punjab as the ruling Aam Aadmi Party counters attacks by Mr Khaira's party and the BJP.

Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira was arrested by the Punjab Police in connection with a 2015 drugs case this morning, official sources said.

Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira was today arrested by the Punjab police for alleged involvement in drug smuggling and money laundering.

In one of its biggest drug busts so far, the Punjab Police on Sunday said it has seized 77 kilograms of heroin from four people allegedly involved in a trans-border drug smuggling racket.

Two properties of an alleged prime accused in the seizure of 102 kg of heroin smuggled from Afghanistan via the Attari border in Punjab have been attached, National Investigation Agency (NIA) said today.

Three alleged narcotic smugglers from Punjab were arrested after they shot at two local youths in a village near the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said.

Busting two more Pakistan-backed drug smuggling rackets, Punjab Police arrested six persons, and recovered eight kg heroin and three pistols from their possession, officials said on Saturday.

Punjab Police on Friday said they have busted one of the biggest interstate drug smuggling syndicates operating from Jharkhand and arrested two men besides seizing 66 kg of opium.

"Opium agriculturist & procurement collector arrested with 12 kg Opium from Jharkhand," the tweet added.

The Punjab Police on Monday said it has arrested three more people and seized 3.5 kg of heroin during an investigation connected to a cross-border drug and arms smuggling racket busted on December 31.

A cross-border drug and arms smuggling racket being operated by Pakistan-based smugglers has been busted in Amritsar with the arrest of a key person after recovering 2 kg Ice Drug (methamphetamine), police said on Thursday.

The Border Security Force (BSF) foiled a smuggling attempt in Punjab's Amritsar and arrested three smugglers who were trying to get away with the consignment of heroin.

With the arrest of two men and seizure of six kilograms of heroin from their possession, the Punjab Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a cross-border drugs-smuggling racket operated by a US-based smuggler.

Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a drone from a paddy field near Dhanoe Khurd village in Amritsar district, Punjab.

The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police recovered a bottle full of drugs from Rajatal, a village close to the International Border in the Amritsar district of the state.

Arrest of Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering has triggered a bitter three-point squabble in Punjab as the ruling Aam Aadmi Party counters attacks by Mr Khaira's party and the BJP.

Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira was arrested by the Punjab Police in connection with a 2015 drugs case this morning, official sources said.

Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira was today arrested by the Punjab police for alleged involvement in drug smuggling and money laundering.

In one of its biggest drug busts so far, the Punjab Police on Sunday said it has seized 77 kilograms of heroin from four people allegedly involved in a trans-border drug smuggling racket.

Two properties of an alleged prime accused in the seizure of 102 kg of heroin smuggled from Afghanistan via the Attari border in Punjab have been attached, National Investigation Agency (NIA) said today.

Three alleged narcotic smugglers from Punjab were arrested after they shot at two local youths in a village near the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said.