SMUGGLER, ACCOMPLICE HELD WITH 4KG HEROIN
FEROZEPUR: A convicted drug smuggler Satnam Singh, out on bail, and his accomplice Gurpreet Singh were arrested on Saturday late night with 4kg heroin that they had smuggled in the country from Pakistan on January 6, police said at a press conference on Sunday.
The counter-intelligence wing of the police intercepted the Swift car (registration number DL-9CAB-4693) of the accused at a special check-point near Khai Pheme Kee village, around 12km from district headquarters of Ferozepur, on the Ferozepur-Fazilka road.
Ferozepur counter-intelligence wing Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Ajay Maluja said the operation was planned on a tip-off.
On the modus operandi of the smugglers, he added, “They had smuggled 5kg heroin from Pakistan with
AJAY MALUJA, AIG counter-intelligence, Ferozepur
› The accused had smuggled 5kg heroin from Pakistan on January 6.
the help of aide there named, Riyaz Chacha, on January 6 night from the border outpost of Ghatti Maste Kee in Ferozepur. Of this, they had already sold a kg in their area. When intercepted, they were on their way to deliver 4kg of heroin to a Amritsar-based smuggler as instructed by their Pakistani Chacha.”
On the dubious background of Satnam, he added, “Satnam was awarded rigorous imprisonment of 12 years in a drug smuggling case. He has served five years, and was presently out on bail that Punjab and Haryana high court had granted. Satnam’s uncle is also a drug smuggler and is now in jail. Further investigation is on.”