Overview
- SSOC Fazilka, working with the BSF, apprehended Baljit Singh in Dhandi Qadim village and recovered 5.11 kg of heroin from his possession.
- Police said preliminary findings indicate the consignment originated in Pakistan and was air-dropped by drone for further distribution in Punjab.
- Assistant Inspector General Gursewak Singh said the operation followed specific intelligence inputs about the movement of a narcotics delivery.
- A case has been registered under Section 21(c) of the NDPS Act at the SSOC police station in Fazilka, and probes are underway to map forward and backward linkages.
- The arrest follows recent joint recoveries in the border belt, including about 12.05 kg of suspected heroin in Amritsar and earlier seizures tied to drone deliveries.