After the arrest of 4 Afghan nationals a number of days in the past, Hoshiarpur police on Wednesday arrested six extra individuals and claimed to have busted a global medicine and hawala racket. Police on Wednesday recovered over 3 kg of heroin – price a number of crores out there – and Rs 40.12 lakh in money (drug cash) from the arrested suspects on Wednesday.
After a number of raids, two suspects have been arrested from Delhi-NCR, two from Uttar Pradesh and one every from Jandiala Guru (Amritsar) and Haridwar, police mentioned on Wednesday.
Addressing the media, Hoshiarpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Navjot Singh Mahal mentioned that within the investigation of seizure of 17 kg heroin from 4 Afghan nationals arrested on Monday, the police groups arrested six smugglers on Wednesday. The accused have been recognized as Kishan Lal, resident of Uch Ghasi Ram beneath Lahori Gate police station space of ​​Delhi, Abhay Pratap Singh of Bagh Wali Colony, Shastri Nagar, Ghaziabad, Imtiaz Ahmed and Imran, Jasbir Singh of Shekhupur, Uttar Pradesh. Jandiala Guru’s Mohalla, Jandiala Guru and Balwinder Singh.
The SSP mentioned that two groups, together with SP (D), Ravinder Pal Singh Sandhu, SP Punjab Bureau of Investigation (PBI), Mandeep Singh, ASP Garhshankar, Tushar Gupta and CIA in-charge Shiv Kumar, have been shaped. Drug racket after the arrest of Afghans on Monday.
A group arrested Kishan Lal on fifth July and recovered narcotic quantity of Rs. 10.20 lakh and two cell phones from his possession. Then the group additionally got here to learn about Abhay Pratap Singh and arrested him with cell phone from Ghaziabad. After his arrest, it’s discovered that on the directions of Kishan, Abhay received drug cash of Rs 80 lakh from Imtiaz, which he handed over to Kishan.
Investigation additional revealed that Kishan was operating a hawala racket with drug cash with the assistance of Abhay and Imtiaz.
The SSP mentioned {that a} day after this (July 6), one other group of police raided Uttar Pradesh and arrested Imtiaz Ahmed and recovered 250 grams of heroin and Rs 12 lakh intoxicants from him. After questioning Imtiaz, police performed additional raids at Jandiala Guru the place Jasbir Singh was arrested with 2 kg heroin and Rs 17 lakh in money. Similarly, Balwinder Singh was arrested from Bhagpura in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand with 700 grams of heroin, and Rs. 92,000 money subsequent to a automotive.
What helped find the racket
SSP Mahal disclosed that the district police had arrested Sarabjit Singh alias Sethi and Gagandeep Singh alias Gagan in Garhshankar on July 1 beneath part 21(c) of the NDPS Act. After interrogation, the duo revealed in regards to the worldwide drug racket, which concerned 4 Afghans. Based on this, 4 Afghan nationals have been recognized as Mujahid Shinwari, a local of Nangarhar, Afghanistan; Mohammad Lal Kaker, Jannat Gul Kakar and Samiullah Afghan, all from Kunduz area of Afghanistan – have been arrested from Delhi on Monday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
