{"id":53958,"date":"2025-10-28T17:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=53958"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:10:20","slug":"one-linked-to-cross-border-drug-cartel-held-with-5kg-heroin-in-ferozepur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/punjab\/one-linked-to-cross-border-drug-cartel-held-with-5kg-heroin-in-ferozepur\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE LINKED TO CROSS-BORDER DRUG CARTEL HELD WITH 5KG HEROIN IN FEROZEPUR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ARRESTED ACCUSED WAS GOING TO SUPPLY CONSIGNMENT TO LOCAL SMUGGLER: AIG CI GURSEWAK SINGH<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ferozepur News:<\/span> In a major intelligence-led operation amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a drug-free state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence Ferozepur has busted a cross-border drug cartel with the arrest of its one operative and recovered 5 kg heroin from his possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The arrested accused has been identified as Gurpreet Singh alias Gora, a resident of village Habib Wala in Ferozepur. Apart from recovering 5 kg heroin, police teams have also impounded his Hero Splender Plus Motorcycle (PB-05-AU-0504), which he was riding.<\/p>\n<p>DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has indicated that the consignment was smuggled from across the border by Pakistan-based smugglers. Further investigation is underway to trace backward and forward linkages in this case to unravel the entire network, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing operational details, AIG CI Ferozepur Gursewak Singh Brar said that acting upon reliable inputs, the Police team of CI Ferozepur has<br \/>\ncarried out secret operation in Ferozepur area, during which, suspect Gurpreet alias Gora was apprehended from link road Basti Khushal Singh Wala in village Hassan Dhut in Ferozepur.<\/p>\n<p>The AIG said that the arrested accused was going to supply this consignment to local smuggler on the direction of Pak-based smuggler. The identity of local smuggler and role of the Pak based smuggler, along with its broader network, are under comprehensive investigation, he added.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, a case FIR No. 17, dated 28-10-2025, has been registered under section 21-C of the NDPS Act at Police Station SSOC Fazilka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARRESTED ACCUSED WAS GOING TO SUPPLY CONSIGNMENT TO LOCAL SMUGGLER: AIG CI GURSEWAK SINGH Ferozepur News: In a major intelligence-led operation amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a drug-free state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence Ferozepur has busted a cross-border drug cartel with the arrest of its one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":53959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-latest","category-punjab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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