Jalandhar Rural Police on Thursday arrested a suspected drug dealer identified as Malkiat Singh alias Kali, allegedly involved in cross-border drug smuggling. Police seized 9 kilos of heroin from the defendant, police officials said.
According to police, Kali had allegedly sent three swimmers to fetch 50kg of heroin from Pakistan via Sutlej and today’s recovery was part of the 50kg heroin shipment.
Punjab Police (DGP) Director General Gaurav Yadav said police have already recovered 22.5kg of heroin, bringing the total recovery to 31.5kg.
“In a breakthrough Jalandhar Rural Police arrested big drug dealer Malkait Singh @ Kali and confiscated 9kg of heroin,” Yadav posted on X.
“He used to run cross-border drug smuggling together with his partners. FIR under the NDPS Act is registered in PS Goraya, ”he added.
HT was the first to report on August 23 that smugglers are hiring professional swimmers to bring drug shipments from Pakistan via Sutlej, which enter Pakistan and then re-enter India at various locations along the border, making it ideal for anti-national elements to smuggle contraband. from the other side of the border.
The swimmers, known as drug couriers, were paid between $50,000-60,000 per kg of heroin, but due to the ongoing flooding, the incentive has been increased to $1 lakh to $2.5 lakhs per kg of heroin, said a security agency official aware of the matter.
Yadav, while calling the recovery of this large loot, said it was the result of intensive follow-up investigations by the Punjab police.
Malkiat Singh, a resident of Tendi Wala village in Ferozepur, was arrested near the Boparai canal bridge near Goraya with heroin in his bag, according to the statement.
The event came less than a month after Jalandhar Rural Police arrested drug smuggler Joga Singh, who swam across a river to Pakistan to retrieve a shipment of heroin. Eight kilograms of heroin were recovered from Joga Singh.
Jalandhar Rural Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Mukhwinder Singh Bhullar, said Kali revealed that he was in regular contact with a Pakistan-based drug dealer identified as Haider Ali, who helped him smuggle heroin shipments to India in place of a hawala. operator.
“Malkiat Kali also revealed that he had sent Joga Singh along with two other people to Pakistan using a river route to search for the shipment of 50kg of heroin, which was distributed equally between his party and Joga Singh’s party,” he said.
Further investigations into the matter are underway and police teams are on a search to arrest the remaining drug traffickers involved in this module, he said.
SSP Bhullar added that further investigations are underway and police teams are on a manhunt to arrest the remaining drug dealers involved in this module.
A new FIR has been registered under section 21C of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at the Goraya Police Station.
Path of recoveries
The event came less than a month after the Jalandhar Rural Police arrested drug smuggler Joga Singh, who swam into Pakistani jurisdiction to recover the heroin shipment and 8kg of heroin was recovered from him. Earlier, the SSOC Amritsar had arrested a drug dealer identified as Shinder Singh after recovering 10 kg of heroin and $1.5 lakh drug money in his possession. A female drug dealer identified as Amandeep Kaur alias Deep Bhai linked to this module was also arrested with 1kg of heroin while another drug dealer Shinderpal alias Pappu was arrested with 500 grams of heroin from Mehatpur.
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