Tribune News Service
Amritsar, December 24
Amid search operations in the border villages of Amritsar and Gurdaspur areas following dropping of arms and ammunition via a drone, the Counter Intelligence Wing of the Punjab Police here arrested three Gurdaspur residents and confiscated 2 kg heroin from their possession.
According to preliminary investigations, the contraband was smuggled through the Pakistan border near Behrampur, Gurdaspur.
Those arrested were identified as Jaswinder Singh, alias Kala, and Baldev Singh, both residents of Toor village (Gurdaspur); and Mangjit Singh of Wazirpur Afghan in Gurdaspur.
They were today produced in a local court, which remanded them in four-day police custody.
Investigating officer Inderdeep Singh said acting on a tip-off, the police seized 2 kg heroin concealed beneath the seat of a tractor-trailer. One of the accomplices, Harwinder Singh, fled the scene and raids were on to nab him.
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