Khanna police recover 4-kg heroin, 2 arrested

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, April 8

The Khanna police busted a major drug racket and recovered 4 kg of heroin from two smugglers. The value of the contraband is in several crores of rupees in the international market.

The smugglers are still being questioned. We will bust the entire supply line and each and every person involved in the chain will be arrested. — Gursharandeep Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police, Khanna

The smugglers have been identified as Bhupinder Singh and Balwinder Singh of Fatehgarh Panchtoor village in Moga. The police also recovered a Swift car being used by them.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Khanna, Gursharandeep Singh conducted a press conference regarding the matter.

The SSP said staff of the Sadar police station, Khanna, had set up a special naka in front of Pristine Mall. During checking, a Swift car (PB-29-W-4372) was stopped by the police party. In the presence of DSP Rajanparminder Singh, 4 kg of heroin was recovered from the car and the car occupants were rounded up.

During initial investigation, it was found that the smugglers bought the consignment from Delhi and were going to supply in Tarn Taran district.

“The smugglers are still being questioned. We will bust the entire supply line and each and every person involved in the chain will be arrested,” added the SSP.

The police said the nabbed persons are shopkeepers by profession and they were mainly acting as couriers and in return they were to get a huge commission. As per the police, there is no past criminal record of them and they have been nabbed for the first time.

Special drive brings result

The Khanna police have started a special drive in which SSP Gursharandeep Singh gives a surprise direction to the police to seal the town for three hours and check each and every vehicle at the entry and exit points. The initiative has shown result as 4 kg of heroin has been recovered.