India News | One Held with 1.50 Kg Heroin, Rs 3 Lakh Cash in Amritsar

Amritsar, Jan 9 (PTI) Punjab Police Tuesday said it has arrested one person after recovering 1.50 kg heroin and Rs 3 lakh cash from his possession.

Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said the accused was identified as Harpreet Singh, resident village Rama in Moga district.

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Police had got reliable inputs that the accused received a consignment from an unidentified person in the Mochi Bazar area. Based on the inputs, police conducted a special operation and arrested the accused.

Preliminary investigations found that the accused received heroin from an unidentified person at the directions of Mandeep Singh, a resident of his own village Ramain Moga but now lives in the US.

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Further investigations are being conducted to probe the backward and forward linkages and unearth the whole network of drug smugglers, dealers and their buyers, he said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)