Three persons have been arrested with 600 gram of heroin and Rs12 lakh in new high-value currency in Amritsar district.
The trio was arrested by the counter-intelligence unit outside a Suvidha centre in Pataka market on Chamrang road before they could deliver the heroin.
The three were identified as Karaj Singh, Malkeet Singh and Jaswinder Singh — all residents of Ghulami wala village in Ferozepur district — following a tip-off, said the Inspector General of Police MF Farooqui.
The Police said that a total of Rs 15.49 lakh was seized from them, and out of that Rs 12 lakh were in the new high-value notes.
Punjab police, on Thursday, had arrested Gurnam Singh and recovered five kg of heroin from his possession. The police said that the contraband was smuggled into India from Pakistan.
Gurnam had sold a part of the heroin to the three persons arrested on Sunday, the police claimed adding that the three had come here to deliver the heroin to someone in Amritsar.
The accused have been booked under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.