Overview

• Counter Intelligence Amritsar arrested Pawandeep Singh near Beharwal after receiving specific inputs about a planned retrieval near Dhanoe Kalan close to the border.
• Police recovered 5.032 kg of heroin from the accused as he was allegedly moving to deliver the consignment to another party.
• Preliminary questioning indicates he acted on instructions from Harpal Singh, a native of Kohala now living in the United States for the past two years, according to the Punjab DGP.
• Investigators allege the overseas handler is in touch with Pakistan-based smugglers to coordinate narcotics and weapons movement using drones, and they are tracing network linkages.
• A case has been registered under sections 21 and 29 of the NDPS Act at the State Special Operation Cell in Amritsar as part of the ongoing Yudh Nashian Virudh crackdown.