CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR,September 7:
Followingthe leads provided by the Punjab Police, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Policein a joint search operation with the Indian Army on Tuesday recovered two bagscarrying Rs 1.64 crores drug money from Rajouri district in J&K.
Thedrug money is allegedly linked the with the seizure of 17Kg heroin, which wasrecovered by the Amritsar Rural Police on August 26, 2021, after arrestingAmritsar-based Ranjit Singh alias Sonu, who was using two specially designed& fabricated compartments fitted underneath his Toyota Innova cab tosmuggle the consignment.
Sharingdetails, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Dinkar Gupta said that duringinterrogation, Sonu revealed that he picked the consignment from Nowshera areaof J&K from drug suppliers identified as Sikander Hayyat, Mansur Hussainand Zaffar Hussain.
“Followinginputs of Sonu, a police team from Punjab was sent to Nowshera and with thesupport of J&K Police, the teams had managed to arrest Sikandar andZaffar, on August 29, 2021; while Manzurcould not be arrested as of now. Later, on the disclosures of Sikandar andZafar, the Police teams from Punjab had also recovered Rs 29.5 lakhs drug moneyfrom their home at Nowshera,” the DGP said, while adding that, on revelationsof Sikander and Zaffar, the police on Saturday had recovered 4 kg more heroinconcealed in the doors of the same Innova car.
DGPDinkar Gupta said that during further interrogation, the duo revealed aboutdrug money concealed by a third accomplice Manzur Hussain at his premises.
“Actingon the inputs provided, the J&K Police along with Indian Army launched asearch operation and recovered the cash of Rs 1,64,70, 600 from two bags.However, efforts are on to nab Manzur Hussain,” he said.
SSPGulneet Singh said that the J&K Police have registered FIR No. 184/2021under sections 17, 21 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act at Police StationNowshera and further investigations are on to unravel the entire network.
Pertinently,Sonu, during his initial interrogation, had also exposed the jail-link,revealing that he had picked this consignment on the instructions of RanjitSingh alias Rana of Patti in Tarn Taran (currently lodged in Faridkot Jail) andMalkeet Singh alias Laddu (lodged in Sri Muktsar Sahib Jail).
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