Overview
- ANTF Ferozepur Range arrested hawala operator Shriyansh and recovered ₹20.55 lakh after tracing chats that showed sustained contact with a Pakistani drug smuggler.
- Investigators say the financier used encrypted messaging routes shared by the handler to move and launder proceeds from a near‑border heroin consignment.
- In a separate Kharar operation, police arrested Akashdeep Singh and seized 5.084 kg heroin, 1.681 kg ICE and ₹6.50 lakh in cash.
- Two associates escaped the Kharar raid by jumping from a balcony, prompting a manhunt and additional raids to track the absconding suspects.
- Cases were registered under NDPS Sections 21‑C, 27A and 29 as police map forward and backward linkages across the Tricity and the border with further arrests expected.