{"id":40961,"date":"2025-04-10T17:20:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T17:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/?p=40961"},"modified":"2025-04-10T17:20:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T17:20:39","slug":"drug-smuggler-held-with-18-kg-heroin-in-amritsar-consignment-suspected-to-have-come-from-pakistan-via-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/punjab\/drug-smuggler-held-with-18-kg-heroin-in-amritsar-consignment-suspected-to-have-come-from-pakistan-via-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug smuggler held with 18 kg heroin in Amritsar; consignment suspected to have come from Pakistan via drone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amritsar: The Anti-Narcotic Task Force (ATF) has arrested a drug smuggler with 12 packets of heroin weighing 18 kg as part of its ongoing crackdown on narcotics in Punjab. The accused, Hira Singh, is a resident of Khaira village under the jurisdiction of Gharinda police station.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials, the seized heroin is worth crores of rupees and is believed to have been delivered from Pakistan using drones. Authorities said the operation has dealt a major blow to cross-border drug trafficking networks.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest comes a day after Inspector Manjit Singh from the Intelligence Department and his associate Ravi were caught with 1 kg of heroin. They were arrested by a CIA team in Amritsar.<\/p>\n<p>Inspector Anmolak Singh of the CIA said that a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against them under FIR number 36 at Ranjit Avenue police station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amritsar: The Anti-Narcotic Task Force (ATF) has arrested a drug smuggler with 12 packets of heroin weighing 18 kg as part of its ongoing crackdown on narcotics in Punjab. The accused, Hira Singh, is a resident of Khaira village under the jurisdiction of Gharinda police station. 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