PEDDLER WHO ORDERED HEROIN FROM PAK HELD

AMRITSAR: The CIA of the Amritsar police on Thursday arrested a man who used to order heroin from Pakistan to be supplied in the state. DCP (investigation) Jagmohan Singh said Sukhchain Singh of Rajoke village was arrested from Algon Kothi village of the Bhikhiwind subdivision in Tarn Taran district following a tip-off.

The police also seized 1.5 kg of heroin from near the fencing along the Indo-pak border in Tarn Taran which was thrown by Pakistani smugglers on Sukhchain’s order, police said.

The DCP said Sukhchain’s arrest comes a week after police arrested Sarabjot Singh of Daleke village in Tarn Taran district with 300 gm heroin on August 30. “During interrogation, Sarabjot told police that he had been getting heroin from Sukhchain,” said the DCP.

Sukhchain told police that he recently ordered heroin from Pakistan and smugglers from across the border had thrown the consignment to the Indian side at Amarkot village of Tarn Taran.

In a joint operation, the police and BSF seized two packets of heroin weighing 1.4 kg, a Pakistani SIM card and a mobile phone, the DCP said. A case under Sections 21, 29, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered.

arrested and the NCB recovered ₹17.5 lakh from his possession.

A case under NDPS Act was registered against the accused.

On Tuesday, NCB zonal director Virender Yadav didn’t rule out the possibility of the drug money being used for funding terror. “To date, I have no evidence to prove its link (seizure of contraband) to terror funding. The investigation is on in other cases and we will also probe the terror funding angle,” Yadav said on Tuesday.