Chandigarh: The Amritsar police have busted trans-border narco smuggling and arms cartel with the arrest of two individuals. Police have seized over eight kg heroin, 6 kg opium, 13.1 kg chemical and 4 pistols together with 17 cartridges from their possession, stated Director Normal of Police Gaurav Yadav on Friday. These arrested have been recognized as Aditya Pratap alias Kaka (23), a resident of Bhalla Colony in Chheharta, Amritsar and Shambhu Kabir (35), a resident of Prem Nagar, Tarn Taran Highway in Amritsar, he stated.
DGP Yadav stated that each the accused have legal historical past as circumstances beneath the Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substances Act and Arms Act are registered in opposition to them, whereas, accused Shambhu Kabir can be needed in a homicide case, in keeping with an official assertion. He stated that additional investigations are happening to ascertain back and forth linkages on this case.
In the meantime, Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar stated that following dependable inputs in regards to the involvement of accused Aditya alias Kaka in smuggling of weapons, police groups from Islamabad (Amritsar) police station laid a lure and arrested him from Band Bhatha at Prem Nagar Highway in Kot Khalsa, Amritsar and recovered two pistols, together with .32 bore and .30 bore, and 13 stay cartridges from his possession.
He stated that in follow-up investigations on this case, title of different accused Shambhu Kabir was additionally cropped up, following which an operation was launched to nab him. Kabir was arrested from Previous Gasoline Godown at Guru Ki Wadali Highway in Kot Khalsa, Amritsar. Police groups have recovered 275 gm heroin, 11.1 kg chemical (used to combine with heroin) and one .32 bore pistol from his possession, Bhullar stated.
The police commissioner stated that on the disclosure of accused Aditya alias Kaka, two parcels of 5 kg and three kg heroin every, 2 kg chemical, 6 kg opium and one 9 mm refined Glock pistol together with one stay cartridge had been additionally recovered. Extra arrests and recoveries are anticipated in coming days, he stated.
In the meantime, DGP Yadav stated that in one other main breakthrough, Jalandhar police have busted a world drug trafficking community and recovered 1,400 kg poppy husk and apprehended three individuals with two automobiles, used for transporting the medicine.
Preliminary investigation reveals arrested accused had been linked to worldwide drug traffickers. Additional investigation is on-going to ascertain back and forth linkages, the DGP stated.
