PUNJAB POLICE ARREST DRUG SMUGGLER WANTED IN GUJARAT

Chandigarh, July 28 (UNI) Close on the heels of the recovery of big hauls of heroin from ports in Gujarat and Maharashtra, arrested Punjab Police have an interstate drug smuggler, who was wanted by the ATS Gujarat, in a 126 kg heroin case, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Thursday. The arrested accused was identified as Rajbir Singh, a resident of Amritsar. He was into drug peddling for a long time and had been living discreetly in a rented house to evade arrest. Divulging details, DGP Yadav said in an intelligence-led operation, a team of the State Special Operation Cell (Amritsar) has arrested Singh from Amritsar city. During investigations, the police teams also recovered 128 gm of heroin and Rs 9,60,000 drug money along with an electronic weighing machine from his Toyota Glanza car, which has also been impounded. Preliminary investigations reveal that the accused drug-peddler has been procuring heroin from his associate, identified as Prabhjit Singh of Tarn Taran, the DGP said, adding in March, both had also traveled to Gujarat’s Jamnagar in two vehicles to procure a large consignment of heroin.