Punjab Police arrest army deserter, seize 12.5 kg heroin
The accused, a resident of Tarn Taran, had been on the run since August when his accomplice, identified as Sartaj, was arrested from the bus stand with 33 kg of heroin in Jammu.
Due to security reasons, four aides of absconding Sikh radical preacher Amritpal Singh were brought to Assam’s Dibrugarh district on Sunday, according to police sources.
They have been kept at the Dibrugarh Central Jail. An SP-rank officer of the Punjab Police, Superintendent of Police Tejbir Singh Hundal, led the team to shift the four arrested to Assam.
However, neither the Punjab Police team nor any officer from the Assam Police confirmed this.
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Dibrugarh Superintendent of Police Shwetank Misra said, “Four arrested persons have been brought here. We will divulge further details later.”
The identities of the four people are still unknown.
Meanwhile, outside the Dibrugarh central jail, security has been beefed up. A police source said that the four arrested persons might undergo a marathon interrogation by a joint team of Punjab and Assam Police later in the evening.
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