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Narco-terror module, drug cartel busted; woman among 8 held
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
|March 24, 2025
Over 9kg heroin has been seized in two separate cases; (right) Mandeep Kaur, the alleged kingpin of drug cartel, in police custody. HT PHOTOS
AMRITSAR: A narco-terror module and a cross-border drug cartel were busted in Amritsar with the arrest of eight persons in two cases, police said on Sunday. Over 9kg heroin has been seized in both cases.
Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said the Counter Intelligence (CI), Amritsar, apprehended four persons of a narco-terror module and seized 4-kg heroin.
Those arrested have been identified as Sukhwinder Singh and his son Navjot Singh, both of Tarn Taran road in Amritsar, Aniket of Chheharta and Gurpreet Singh, alias Gopi, of Sheron village in Tarn Taran. Their black-coloured three-wheeler (PB06-AW-8034) and a bike (PB02-DV-0351), used for transporting drug consignments, have been seized.
DGP Yadav said cops had got inputs that some individuals, who are in direct contact with the Pakistan-based drug smugglers, recently retrieved a consignment from Attari area to further supply to local peddlers.
This story is from the March 24, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Chandigarh.
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