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Punjab Crackdown Intensifies With 10 Kg Heroin Seizure and Arms–Hawala Ring Bust

Investigators are tracing drone routes, foreign handlers and hawala flows under Mission Yudh Nashian Virudh.

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The operation led to the arrest of Uwaise Khan at his residence in Village Gugai, under the jurisdiction of Police Station Meerganj, Bareilly.
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A joint team of the Punjab Police and Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday nabbed four drug smugglers at Thetharke village in Gurdaspur and recovered 10kg of heroin from their possession.

Overview

  • BSF and Punjab Police arrested four suspects in Gurdaspur and seized five packets of heroin weighing about 10 kg, along with phones and two motorcycles, after a joint operation based on specific intelligence.
  • Counter Intelligence Amritsar arrested Pawandeep Singh with roughly 5.03 kg of heroin and registered an NDPS case, with police saying he named US-based Harpal Singh as the handler linked to Pakistan-based smugglers using drones.
  • Amritsar rural police detained two men and recovered 6.286 kg of heroin and Rs 4 lakh, with investigators citing direct contact with Pakistani smugglers and filing an FIR at Lopoke police station.
  • A separate probe in Amritsar dismantled an organised arms and hawala module, leading to three arrests, recovery of 10 pistols and Rs 2.5 lakh, and allegations of Pakistan-based coordination and drone-delivered consignments.
  • Punjab Police report more than 30,000 arrests since the campaign began, as parallel interstate actions include Delhi Police Crime Branch operations against a Bareilly-based syndicate with nearly 2 kg of smack, cash and precious metals seized.