Chandigarh, Oct. 23 -- Punjab Police on Thursday unearthed a cross-border narcotics smuggling module having links to Pakistan, with the arrest of an alleged drug kingpin.
Police also recovered over 5 kg heroin from the accused identified as Rajpal Singh.
"In an intelligence based operation, Amritsar Commissionerate Police busts a cross-border narcotics smuggling module with links to #Pakistan and apprehends drug kingpin Rajpal Singh and recovers 5.025 Kg heroin," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said in a post on X.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused was operating a cross-border network linked to a Pakistan-based handler and using the Dera Baba Nanak sector to retrieve drug consignments, he said, An FIR has been r...