The PunjabPolice on Sunday busted another major drug supply chain with the arrest of fourAfghan nationals and heroin seizure of 17 kgs, worth Rs 90 crore in theinternational market, from a unit in South Delhi.
With thisseizure, the Punjab Police has dug up another trail, leading to Uttar Pradesh,and a team has been sent there to unravel the network, DGP Dinkar Guptadisclosed.
Givingdetails of the arrests, the DGP said the accused have been identified asMujahed Shinwari, a native of Nangarhar in Afghanistan; Mohammad Lal Kaker,Jannat Gul Kakar and Samiullah Afghan, trio from Kunduz region of Afghanistan.Apart from huge recovery of heroin, the police have also recovered assortedchemicals and lab equipment, used to manufacture the drug, from the Neb Saraiunit.
The arrestsand seizure resulted from a lead uncovered by a Hoshiarpur Police team, led bySSP Navjot Singh Mahal, which was investigating into certain earlier FIRsregistered under the NDPS Act, as part of the ongoing war against drugs.
Divulgingdetails on how dots were connected, the DGP said that the Hoshiarpur police, onMay 18, 2021, had recovered 70 grams heroin after arresting Pushpinder Singhalias Tinku and Amit Choudhary, who revealed that they had procured the drugfrom Jasvir Singh Gajju of Jandiala in Amritsar and Sarabjeet Singh Sethi ofHoshiarpur. Raids were conducted at Jasvir Singh’s residence, where hisaccomplice Jagrup Kaur was apprehended by the police party with 100gm heroin. Athorough search of the house led the police party to the recovery of 1.48 kgheroin, 500 grams gold and Rs 49.48 lakh drug money.
The policelater arrested Sarabjeet Sethi from Garhshankar on July 1 and 500 gm heroin wasrecovered from his possession. He further revealed that he had procured theheroin from Afghan Nationals, who run a heroin manufacturing factory in Delhi.and Imteyaz, who operates from Uttar Pradesh, disclosed the DGP.
Acting onleads, a police team from Hoshiarpur raided the suspected location in Delhi andbusted this manufacturing unit, from where a large quantity of heroin was beingsupplied to Punjab and other states. Another team has been sent to UP to bustImteyaz’s module, said Gupta.
SSP NavjotMahal said that further investigation is being carried out by police to unearthmore linkages of the international drug racket and raids are being conducted tonab the remaining accused persons.
Meanwhile,FIR no. 90 dated July 1, 2021, had been registered under sections 21-61-85 ofthe NDPS Act Garhshankar Police Station Hoshiarpur.