— FOREIGN-BASED HANDLERS TASKED
ARRESTED ACCUSED PERSONS TO FURTHER DISTRIBUTE NARCOTICS: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— ARRESTED ACCUSED PERSONS WERE
PROMISED HUGE PAYBACK BY THEIR HANDLERS: AIG COUNTER INTELLIGENCE FEROZPUR
GURSEWAK SINGH
FEROZEPUR, May 24:
In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing
drive to make Punjab a drug free state, Counter Intelligence (CI) Ferozepur has
busted a cross-border drug smuggling module with the arrest of four accused
persons and recovered 28.12 kg heroin along with ₹9.5 lakh drug money from
their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav
here on Sunday.
Those arrested have been identified as Bagicha
singh and Bhupinder singh, both residents of village Boghi Wala in Guru Har
Sahai; Sajan, a resident of village Araiyan Wala; and Chhinder Pal Singh alias
Rinku, a resident of Lakha Singh Wala in Ferozepur. Apart from recovering the
big haul of heroin, the police team has also impounded their Hyundai Creta car,
which they were using to smuggle narcotics.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary
investigation has revealed that the module had links with foreign-based
smugglers and handlers, who had allegedly tasked the artested accused persons
with retrieving and further distributing the narcotics consignment within
Indian territory.
The DGP said that further investigation is
underway to establish both forward and backward linkages in this case dismantle
the entire cross-border drug smuggling network.
Sharing operational details, AIG CI Ferozepur
Gursewak Singh said that a reliable input was received regarding suspects
Bagicha Singh Bhupinder Singh, Sajan and Chhinder Pal alias Rinku having
retrieved consignment of heroin deliveres from across the border a few days
back.
Inputs further revealed that on the
instructions of their handlers, they were enroute to deliver the consignment to
another party, he said while adding that acting swiftly, Police team
intercepted suspects in the area of Guru Har Sahai, and recovered 28.12 kg
heroin and ₹9.5 lakhs drug money from their possession.
The AIG said that the arrested accused persons
were promised huge payback by their handlers. More arrests and recoveries are
likely in coming days as the investigation progresses, he added.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 13 dated
23.05.2026 under sections 21, 25 and 29 of the NDPS Act has been registered at
Police Station SSOC Fazilka.

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