CI Amritsar busts int’l drug supply module, 4 arrested with 4 kg heroin, cash and weapons

Amid the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state, as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a drug supply module linked to foreign-based smugglers with the arrest of four operatives.

The police have recovered 4 kg of heroin, Rs 3.90 lakh in drug money, and one .32 bore pistol along with a magazine and five live cartridges from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday.

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Those arrested have been identified as Yuvraj Singh, a resident of Roriwal in Amritsar; Varinder Singh, a resident of Dhaul Kalan in Amritsar; Jagroop Singh, a resident of Sangna in Amritsar; and Jugraj Singh, a resident of Sarkaria Enclave in Amritsar. The police team has also impounded their black-coloured Hero Splendor motorcycle and white-coloured Honda Activa, which were being used to deliver the consignments.

DGP Gaurav Yadav said that police teams from CI Amritsar had received reliable inputs that associates—Yuvraj Singh and Varinder Singh—of foreign-based handler Lakhwinder Singh alias Baba Lakha had retrieved a heroin consignment from the Ajnala sector and were expected to deliver it to suspect Jagroop Singh near Gurdwara Morcha Sahib in Amritsar. Acting swiftly, police teams laid a trap and arrested the three accused after recovering the drug consignment and the pistol from their possession, he said.

He further said that during questioning, the accused Jagroop Singh revealed that he had been working at the directions of Daya Singh alias Preet Sekhon, who is presently lodged in Central Jail at Sri Muktsar Sahib. The latter had directed him to receive the heroin consignment near Gurdwara Morcha Sahib.

The DGP said that during further questioning, the arrested accused Yuvraj Singh and Varinder Singh revealed the involvement of another associate, identified as Jugraj Singh, who was also apprehended in Amritsar city. An amount of Rs 3.90 lakh in drug money was recovered from his possession. Further investigations are ongoing, he added.

In this regard, an FIR has been registered under Sections 21, 25 and 29 of the NDPS Act and Section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station SSOC Amritsar.