Punjab Police bust cross-border drug smuggling racket, one held with 10 kg heroin
The arrested accused has been identified as Harmandeep Singh, a resident of village Ghumanpura in Amritsar.
The arrested accused has been identified as Harmandeep Singh, a resident of village Ghumanpura in Amritsar.
A US plane carrying 112 illegal immigrants from India landed late on Sunday night at Sri Guru Ramdasji International Airport in Amritsar amid tight security.
Amritsar Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney has said that 112 people were in the plane carrying third batch of Indian nationals who allegedly illegally migrated to the US, that landed in Amritsar on Sunday.
The second lot of Indians, who illegally migrated to the United States through donkey routes, landed at Sri Guru Ramdasji International Airport in the holy city of Amritsar in a US plane late on Saturday night.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann came hard on the Centre over the deportation of Indian citizens who allegedly illegally migrated to the United States, and said that Amritsar is being chosen deliberately to portray that only Punjabis are illegal migrants.
In one of the biggest heroin seizures of this year amid the ongoing war against drugs, the Amritsar Rural Police has busted a cross-border smuggling racket with the arrest of a drug smuggler and recovered 30-kg heroin from his possession.
As many as 104 illegal Indian immigrants in the United States landed on Wednesday at Sri Guru Ramdasji International Airport in the holy city of Amritsar in the US military plane C-17, according to sources.
In a shocking incident on the occasion of the 76th Republic Day, a man vandalized a life-size statue of Dr BR Ambedkar in Amritsar, creating outrage among local residents and political leaders alike. The incident occurred on Sunday in a public park near the Town Hall.
According to an official statement, police teams have recovered 2.19 kg heroin, three sophisticated pistols including two automatic and Rs 2.60 lakh drug money from their possession, besides, impounding their Toyota Fortuner car.
Those arrested have been identified as Satnam Singh alias Prince, a resident of Buttar Kalan of Batala and Manjit Singh, resident of Bhagi Nangal in Batala, according to an official statement.
