{"id":41306,"date":"2025-04-16T15:03:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/?p=41306"},"modified":"2025-04-16T15:03:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:03:03","slug":"punjab-police-arrests-drug-trafficker-linked-to-pakistani-smuggler-3kg-heroin-two-pistols-recovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/punjab-police-arrests-drug-trafficker-linked-to-pakistani-smuggler-3kg-heroin-two-pistols-recovered\/","title":{"rendered":"PUNJAB POLICE ARRESTS DRUG TRAFFICKER LINKED TO PAKISTANI SMUGGLER; 3KG HEROIN, TWO PISTOLS RECOVERED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>PUNJAB POLICE ARRESTS DRUG TRAFFICKER LINKED TO PAKISTANI SMUGGLER; 3KG HEROIN, TWO PISTOLS RECOVERE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u2014 PUNJAB POLICE COMMITTED TO MAKING PUNJAB A DRUG-FREE STATE AS PER DIRECTIONS OF CM BHAGWANT SINGH MANN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u2014 PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT DRUG CONSIGNMENTS WERE BEING SMUGGLED VIA DRONES: DGP GAURAV YADAV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u2014 FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS ARE ON, MORE ARRESTS EXPECTED: ADGP ANTF NILABH KISHORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CHANDIGARH\/AMRITSAR, April 16:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In a major crackdown against cross-border drug smuggling amidst the ongoing anti-drug campaign \u2018Yudh Nashian Virudh\u2019, Punjab Police\u2019s Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) arrested a key drug trafficker linked to a Pakistan-based smuggler after recovering 3.105 kg heroin and two .32 bore country-made pistols along with 37 cartridges and two magazines from his possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The arrested accused has been identified as Jobanjit Singh alias Joban, a resident of village Kotli Sur Singh in Tarn Taran. The accused has a criminal history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the accused had been receiving heroin consignments via drones from a Pakistan-based smugglers from past few months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The DGP said that further investigations are ongoing to establish the backward and forward linkages to dismantle the entire network and more arrests are likely in coming days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sharing operation details, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) ANTF Nilabh Kishore said that police teams of ANTF Border Range Amritsar had received a reliable input that accused Jobanjit alias Joban is notorious drug smuggler and has recently retrieved a drug and weapon consignment from across the border.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Acting Swiftly, Police teams led by Superintendent of Police (SP) Border Range Gurpreet Singh launched an intel-based operation and apprehended accused Jobanjit Singh from his house located in village Kotli Sur Singh, he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A case FIR No. 99 dated 15.04.2025 has been registered under sections 21-C, 23 and 25 of the NDPS Act and section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station ANTF in SAS Nagar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUNJAB POLICE ARRESTS DRUG TRAFFICKER LINKED TO PAKISTANI SMUGGLER; 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