Pak-ISI backed terror module busted in Ludhiana, 10 held with hand grenade
Police teams have also recovered one 86P Chinese hand grenade, one black kit, and a set of gloves from the arrested accused persons.
In a major breakthrough amid the ongoing drive to make Punjab a drug-free state, Gurdaspur Police busted two organised narcotics networks with the arrest of two operatives and the recovery of 11 kg heroin and ₹5.75 lakh drug money, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.
Those arrested have been identified as Mohammad Wasim, a resident of Qasimpur, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, and Harshdeep Singh alias Harsh, a resident of Amritsar. Apart from recovering heroin and drug money, police teams have also impounded a white Honda City car (RJ45 CR 2918) and a Hyundai Verna car (CH01 AZ 0888), which were being used to smuggle narcotics.
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DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the arrested accused were indirectly in contact with Pakistan-based handlers through their associates in India. He added that further investigation is underway to trace the forward and backward linkages of the network.
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Sharing operational details of the first case, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gurdaspur Aditya said that in an intelligence-led operation, accused Harshdeep Singh alias Harsh was arrested near village Chitti in Gurdaspur while attempting to deliver a heroin consignment. Police recovered 8 kg heroin and ₹3.5 lakh drug money from his Hyundai Verna car.
In another operation, the SSP said that accused Mohammad Wasim was arrested at a naka near Paniyar Sugar Mill in Dinanagar. During the search of his Honda City car, police recovered 3 kg heroin, packed in six packets, along with ₹2.25 lakh drug money.
He said that further investigations are underway and more arrests are likely in the coming days.
In this regard, two separate cases have been registered: FIR No. 32 dated February 7, 2026, under Sections 21(c) and 27A of the NDPS Act at Police Station Dinanagar, and FIR No. 11 dated February 7, 2026, under Sections 21(c) and 27A of the NDPS Act at Police Station Dorangla.
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