In a major blow to trans-border smuggling amidst the ongoing ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ campaign launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar Rural Police has recovered a 23-kg heroin consignment from the village Devi Daspura in Jandiala.
Amidst the ongoing decisive action against drug traffickers and illegal encroachments, Jalandhar Rural Police, in coordination with local authorities, have demolished unauthorised structures built on the encroached panchayat land in Khanpur and Mandi villages of Phillaur.
BJP MLA Suresh Dhas on Saturday created a stir by showing photographs of Maharashtra Food & Civil Supplies Minister Dhananjay Munde posing with drug smugglers at a public rally held in Dharashiv on Saturday, to seek justice for murdered Massajog village sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh and the alleged police custodial murder of Dalit activist Somnath Suryavanshi.
Two days after the Punjab Police busted a cross-border drug smuggling racket and recovered six kilogram (kg) heroin, a follow-up investigation into the case on Saturday led to recovery of four kg heroin concealed beneath the road in a village Bute Dian Chhana in Mehatpur, Jalandhar.
In the intervening night of 24/25 July, the vigilant BSF troops neutralised the Pakistani smuggler while he was trying to smuggle the drugs through the Ramgarh border area.
Rana was wanted in a narcotics haul case in which the Customs department last year had seized 532 kg of heroin worth Rs 2,700 crore in rock salt consignments at the Integrated Check Post at Attari in Amritsar.
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