Punjab Police nabbed two drug smugglers after a hot chase of 40 kms on the Indo-Pak Border and recovered two kg heroin from their possession.

Sharing the information, the state Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Sunday said that those arrested have been identified as Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh of Nurpur village in Ferozepur and Rajpreet Singh alias Raj of Maloke village in Ferozepur. Apart from recovering tw kg heroin, Police teams have also recovered their SUV Mahindra Scorpio car, in which they were travelling.

DGP Yadav said that based on secret inputs about the smuggling of heroin, Tarn Taran Police started chasing the Scorpio vehicle from near Bhikhiwind and the entire district police immediately sprung into action and sealed off all the exit points of the district with special nakabandi.

“The hot pursuit spanning 40 kms from Bhikhiwind to Chohla Sahib, finally ended, when smugglers couldn't cross naka laid by SHO Chohla Sahib and apprehended by the Police teams after recovering two kg heroin from their Scorpio car,” he said, adding that one of the accused persons got his ankle injured while attempting to jump out of a moving car to escape from Police.

Sharing more details, Tarn Taran Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ashwani Kapur said that further investigations are on to find out more people involved in this module and more arrests are expected in coming days.

A case FIR, dated November 4, 2023, has been registered under sections 21C and 29 of the NDPS act at Police Station Chohla Sahib in Tarn Taran.