In a significant breakthrough in the ongoing investigation into the 10 Kg heroin recovery case, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has recovered yet another additional chunk of 2 kg of heroin concealed near a canal in Village Boparai Baj Singh, based on a disclosure statement made by accused Harmandeep Singh, taking the total seizure in the case to 15 kg, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.
The development came a few days after the Punjab Police had busted a cross-border drug smuggling racket with the arrest of a drug smuggler Harmandeep Singh of village Ghumanpura in Amritsar and recovered 10 kg heroin from his possession. This is the second major recovery made on the disclosures of accused Harmandeep.
Pertinently, Police teams had also arrested Harmandeep’s accomplice identified as Lovepreet Singh after recovering 3 kg heroin from his possession. DGP Gaurav Yadav said that during the investigation of further forward-backward linkages, accused Harmandeep made another disclosure statement that he had concealed an additional 2 Kgs of heroin under a brick placed alongside the canal near Village Boparai Baj Singh on the Khurmanian to Ram Tirath Link Road.
Acting on this lead, teams from CI Amritsar have managed to recover the 2 Kg heroin consignment from the pinpointed location shared by the accused, he said. The DGP said that the recovered heroin is part of a larger consignment smuggled from Pakistan with the assistance of a Pak-based smuggler identified as Chacha Bawa, who used drones to transport the drugs across the border.
Further investigations are ongoing to identify and apprehend other associates involved in the network, he added. A case FIR No. 8 dated 18.02.2025 had been registered under sections 21, 25, and 29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station State Special Operations Cell (SSOC), Amritsar. Further recoveries are expected as the investigation progresses.
Meanwhile, CI Amritsar has registered a total of 14 FIRs after arresting 29 drug smugglers in 2024 (January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024), and seized 153.6 Kg heroin, 4 Kg ICE drug, 31.9 Kg Caffeine Anhydrous, 17 Kg dextromethorphan (DMR) and Rs 1.10 Crore drug money from their possession.