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Punjab: Woman drug smuggler among 2 held, 6.6kg heroin recovered

Punjab: Woman drug smuggler among 2 held, 6.6kg heroin  recovered

Ferozepur, Aug 8 (UNI) In a major breakthrough against trans-border narcotic smuggling networks, Ferozepur police have arrested two drug smugglers, including a woman, after recovering 6.65kg heroin and Rs 6 lakh drug money from them, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday.
Those arrested have been identified as Simran Kaur, alias Indu (38), of Moga and Gurjot Singh (28), of Jaimal Wala in Moga. Both the arrested and accused persons have a criminal background with accused Simran facing at least 15 criminal cases.
DGP Yadav said the Ferozepur police had received reliable input that accused Simran and Gurjot had retrieved a huge consignment of narcotics dropped using a drone from across the border and were on the way to deliver it to someone in their Toyota Innova car.
Acting swiftly, police teams from CIA Ferozepur laid a naka at Old Mudki Road and arrested both the accused persons and seized 6.65kg heroin along with Rs 6 lakh drug money kept concealed in the Innova car, he said, while adding that police teams have also impounded their vehicle.
The DGP said investigations are ongoing to establish forward and backward linkages in this case.
SSP Ferozepur Saumya Mishra said that after working on technical inputs, the CIA police team successfully conducted the operation and made the seizure on Wednesday late night.
A probe is on to identify the Pakistan-based drug smuggler and the people to whom the arrested persons were to deliver the drug consignment, she added.
She said the police teams will also initiate the procedure to forfeit the illegally acquired property of the arrested smugglers.
A case has been registered at police station Ghal Khurd in Ferozepur.
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