The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday arrested Jasbir Singh alias Momi alias Boss, from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, in reference to the seizure of 56.501 kg of heroin from the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan.
NCB officers mentioned Jasbir was the mastermind of the syndicate and the seized heroin was a part of a world cartel that was being operated by a Lahore-based smuggler, recognized as Malik Choudhary. Heroin was seized close to the worldwide border in Rajasthan on June 3 and is without doubt one of the largest medication in Rajasthan in current instances.
NCB officers mentioned the drug was delivered to India by means of a PVC plastic pipe. The liquor smugglers fled the spot earlier than the police reached the spot and couldn’t be caught. The matter has been handed over to Narcotics Control Bureau, Jodhpur for investigation.
A senior Chandigarh-based NCB official mentioned, “Jasbir Singh is the sixth individual arrested on this case. Our investigation has concluded that he’s the mastermind and was one of many key receivers of the consignment. The function of one other individual named Harmesh alias Kali, a resident of Ferozepur, has come to the fore. Both of them are ordinary offenders below NDPS Act, Murder, Arms Act and Jail Manual Act and have been absconding since 2019.
A workforce below the supervision of Zonal Director, NCB, Chandigarh Gyanendra Kumar Singh was monitoring all of the suspects and dealing intently with BSF personnel.
Sources mentioned that on June 4, two out of the 4 accused who had come to take the banned substance – Roopa, 30, a resident of Ferozepur and Harmesh Singh, 18, a resident of Fazilka, have been arrested. He mentioned three extra accused, recognized as Rajwinder Singh of Ganganagar, Rajasthan, Sukhpreet Singh of Ganganagar, Rajasthan and Sunil Singh of Ganganagar, Rajasthan, have been arrested for offering shelter to the principle accused and conducting border recce for heroin smuggling. was arrested on expenses of
An NCB official mentioned, “During investigation, the image of Jasbir Singh was discovered by the NCB. During surveillance, it was discovered that he alongside together with his household had fled from his village quickly after the seizure of medicine. Active surveillance was carried out for 15 days and a few particular info was obtained primarily based on which we caught him after a quick chase. Apart from this, the investigation is on within the matter.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
