30KG HEROIN RECOVERED IN AMRITSAR; TWO OPERATIVES HELD

ARRESTED ACCUSED WERE OPERATING ON DIRECTIONS OF FOREIGN-BASED HANDLER LINKED TO CROSS BORDER SMUGGLERS: DGP GAURAV YADAV CI AMRITSAR RECOVERS 68KG HEROIN IN 10 DAYS In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a drug-free state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a cross-border narcotics smuggling module with the arrest of two operatives and recovered 30 kg heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday. Those arrested have been identified as Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, a resident of, Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar in Amritsar and Gagandeep Singh, a resident of Bhalla Colony in Amritsar. Apart from recovering heroin haul, police team has also impounded their Hero Deluxe motorcycle bearing registration number PB02-DU-3533, being used for transporting the consignment. Pertinently, this is the third major narcotics smuggling module busted by the CI Amritsar since July 6, 2026, effecting the total heroin recovery of 68 kg in just 10 days. Earlier, on July 6, CI Amritsar had arrested three individuals after recovering 13 kg heroin from their possession, and on July 7, three more individuals were arrested with 25 kg heroin. DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused were operating on the directions of a foreign-based handler linked to cross border smugglers. They were involved in collecting heroin consignments from different locations and delivering them to other parties across the state, he said. Sharing operational details, he said that police teams of CI Amritsar had received that suspects Gurpreet Singh and Gagandeep Singh have recently retrieved a huge consignment of heroin and are expected to deliver it to the other party near Gaunsabad area of Police Station Kambo in Amritsar. Acting swiftly, police teams laid Nakas and apprehended them after intercepting their motorcycle from near Gaunsabad in Amritsar and recovered 30 kg heroin from their possession, he added. The DGP said that further investigation is underway to establish forward and backward linkages in this case to uncover the entire supply chain. In this regard, a case FIR No. 46 dated 14-07-2026 under sections 21, 25 and 29 of the NDPS Act has been registered at Police Station State Special Operations Cell, Amritsar.