CHANDIGARH: The Amritsar (rural) police on Wednesday busted a heroin smuggling module with the recovery of 7.31kg heroin and three China-made .30 bore Norinco pistols from near border pillar number 38/3 of Metla border outpost.
The police had received inputs on Wednesday morning that a consignment of weapons and narcotics had been pushed across the International Border (IB) in the area in Dera Baba Nanak sector, Gurdaspur.
Based on these inputs, an FIR was registered under the NDPS Act and the Arms Act at Gharinda police station in Amritsar (rural) and the BSF authorities were immediately alerted before carrying out a joint search operation. As per initial inputs, which are to be corroborated during investigations, the consignment had been pushed into the Indian territory by Pakistan-based smuggler Jagdish Singh alias Bhura of Jagraon, who is presently settled in Belgium. He has been named in the FIR and is an active terrorist and proclaimed offender in three terrorism-related cases, said a police spokesperson.
The police intelligence inputs have established key role of a major drug smuggler namely Ranjit Singh of Modhe village in Amritsar, who is currently lodged in Ludhiana jail. Based on information by the Amritsar (rural) police, the authorities of Ludhiana jail conducted search of Ranjit’s belongings and recovered one mobile phone from his possession. He has also been named in the case and will be brought on production warrant for further questioning, said the police.