Punjab Police has arrested three high-profile drug smugglers, who were wanted in a 72.5-kg heroin haul from Nhava Sheva Port in Mumbai, from Gurdaspur area.
Sharing the information, the state Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Thursday reminded that the contraband, which was kept concealed in the door border of the container containing white marble tiles, was jointly recovered by the teams of Punjab Police and ATS Mumbai in July 2022. The container was imported by a Delhi-based importer.
Those arrested have been identified as Gurwinder Singh alias Mehak (27) of Pandori village in Amritsar, Gursewak Singh alias Sewak (25) of Bhikhiwind village in Tarn Taran, and Manjit Singh alias Soni (34) of Mahwa village in Amritsar. “The trio arrested were actively involved in a high-level trans-border and inter-state drug smuggling in Punjab,” said the DGP.
DGP Yadav said that following reliable inputs, Gurdaspur Police launched a special operation on Wednesday evening and arrested the accused persons after intercepting an SUV Mahindra Thar (PB46AH0003) at Amritsar-Jammu highway in the Dhariwal area of Gurdaspur.
The Police team has also recovered a revolver along with six live cartridges of 9mm and six live cartridges of .32 bore during the search of the vehicle, he added.
Earlier, Mumbai ATS had managed to arrest the accused Harsimran Sethi from Delhi, who ordered the consignment and his aide, Mohinder Singh Rathore, who was working as a clearing agent.
The DGP said that during the investigation, Mumbai ATS had nominated these three arrested persons — Gurwinder Singh, Gursewak Singh, and Manjit Singh — who were recipients of the container and went to Delhi to clear the consignment.