KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
Border Security Force (BSF) troops on January 12 recovered a packet of heroin weighing 548 grams and a pistol near Tendiwala village in Ferozepur district. The consignment, attached to an iron hook, is suspected to have been dropped by a drone.
Muktsar Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Tripathi on January 12 arrested two unidentified drug peddlers and seized some banned pills, capsules and poppy husk from their possession, at a rickshaw stand near Kotkapura Road in Sri Muktsar Sahib district.
Chheharta police on January 11 arrested five drug peddlers, including a woman, identified as Jugraj Singh, Navraj Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Simranjit Kaur, and Manjit Singh Bhola and seized 530 grams of heroin, INR 10,000 in drug money, and an electronic weighing machine in Amritsar district. Investigations are ongoing to trace their network linkages for further recoveries.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on January 9 recovered a 520-gram packet of heroin from a sugarcane field near Khanwal village in Ajnala, Amritsar district.
Fazilka Police on January 8 dismantled a major intoxicating tablet smuggling network arrested four individuals identified as Raju Ram, Amrik Singh, Saroj Rani and Neelam Rani, and seized 2.10 Lakh prohibited tablets of Alprazolam and Clobidol tablets along with INR 1.70 Lakh drug money, a Balero vehicle and a motorcycle from their possession, at a naka (checkpoint) near Lamoochar Kalan village in Jalalabad (West) in Fazilka district.
Phillaur police on January 8 dismantled an inter-state poppy husk smuggling racket operating between Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Punjab by arresting two persons, identified as Buta Singh and Kulwant Singh, and seized 1.44 quintal of crushed poppy husk, at a naka (checkpoint) near Lasara village in Jalandhar district. Two accomplices identified as Bir Singh alias Ghona and Surjit Singh alias Jita, are absconding.
Punjab police on January 7 arrested four individuals, identified as Gurpreet Singh, Baljeet Kaur, Maninder Singh and Harpreet Singh, involved in the illegal trafficking operation, and seized 5 kg of heroin and two motorcycles from their possession in Chheharta Sahib in Amritsar district. The Police revealed that the accused were in direct contact with Pakistan-based smugglers and receiving consignments of drugs from across the border.
Police on January 6 arrested two individuals, identified as Balbir Singh alias Bira and Ajay Verma and seized 2 kg of heroin along with INR 1.5 lakh of drug money from their possession, near Kadial village in Ajnala in Amritsar district.
Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with Punjab Police on January 6, arrested one smuggler identified as Bittu and seized 525 grams of heroin along with two mobile phones from his possession near Malakpur village in Ajnala in Amritsar district.
The Punjab Frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF), in coordination with the Tarn Taran police, on January 5 recovered a packet of heroin weighing 562 grams and a China-made DJI Mavic 3 Classic drone near Dal village in Patti, Tarn Taran district.
The Punjab Frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with the Tarn Taran police, on January 5 recovered a packet of heroin weighing 632 grams near Dal village in Patti, Tarn Taran district.
Border Security Forces (BSF) and Punjab Police in a joint operation on January 4 arrested two unidentified smugglers and seized a packet of heroin weighing 540 grams from their possession, near Attari village in Amritsar district.
On January 4, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police, in a joint operation, recovered four packets of heroin weighing 2.12 kg, along with a box containing 40 live cartridges, near Balharwal village in Ajnala, Amritsar district.
Police on January 3 arrested two drug smugglers, identified as Ajaypal Singh and Gurjinder Singh and seized 3.2 kg of heroin from their possession, at a checkpoint near Malwal Qadeem village in Ferozepur district.
The Amritsar Commissionerate Police on January 3 busted a cross-border drug and weapon smuggling cartel, arresting 12 individuals, including kingpin Manjeet Singh alias Bhola, and seizing 2.19 kg of heroin, three pistols (two automatic), INR 2.60 lakh in drug money, and a Toyota Fortuner, in Jhanjoti village, Ajnala, Amritsar district.
Moga police on January 2 arrested two youths, identified as Harmandeep Singh and Deshdeep Singh and seized 1 kg of opium from their possession, near Moga in Moga district.
Jalandhar Rural Police on January 1 arrested two drug smugglers, identified as Amarjit Singh alias Pappu and Jaswinder Kaur alias Binder, and seized 250 narcotic pills (Alprazolam IP-0.5), 5 kg of crushed poppy husk, INR 35,000 drug money, and a motorcycle from their possession, in Phillaur in Jalandhar district.
Police on December 31 arrested two smugglers, identified as Vijay and Malkiat, and seized 30 kg of poppy husk from their possession near Narayanpura village in Abohar in Fazilka district. The duo admitted to smuggling the poppy husk from Rajasthan for retail distribution in rural areas.
Jalandhar Commissionerate police on December 31 arrested four drug peddlers, identified as Karan alias Kana, Prem Singh, Rohit and Jabanpreet Singh alias Jagdeep Singh and seized 1 kg of heroin along with their Verna (PB07-BF-0015) from their possession, near Focal Point in Jalandhar in Jalandhar district.
Punjab police on December 28 arrested two members of a narco-terror module being operated by foreign-based handlers who had also lobbed a hand-grenade at the Islamabad area police station in Amritsar on December 17, identified as Gurjeet Singh and Baljit Singh, and seized 1.4 kg heroin, one hand grenade and two sophisticated pistols - one 9 mm Zigana and one 9 mm Glock pistol along with ammunition from their possession, in Amritsar in Amritsar district. The module was run by United States (US) based Sandeep Singh alias Seepu and Pakistan-based operatives. Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) operative Jeevan Fauji, based abroad, had claimed responsibility for the attack on social media.
The Sadar police on December 28 arrested three individuals, including one identified as Kashori, while the other two remain unidentified, for selling "chitta" (heroin) in Shahbazpur village in Amritsar district. The arrests were made based on a complaint lodged with a video clipping on the state government's anti-drug portal under the "Safe Punjab" campaign.
The Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with Punjab Police on December 28 recovered 534 grams of heroin from fields near Palpate village in Tarn Taran district.
Police, on December 27, arrested one individual identified as Lakhwinder Singh alias Lakhi Kabutranwala, and seized 170 intoxicating pills from his possession in Abohar in Fazilka district.
Police on December 27 arrested one individual, identified as Bohad Singh and seized 5 grams of heroin, 300 sedative tablets, and INR 6,800 in cash from his possession, in Abohar in Fazilka district.
Ferozepur Police on December 26 arrested three drug smugglers, identified as Parmjeet Singh alias Pamma, Manish alias Saleem and Sukhwinder Singh alias Sukhha, and seized 400 grams of heroin, three illegal country-made pistols, seven cartridges, and two motorcycles from their possession, in Ferozepur in Ferozepur district.
Chheharta police on December 25 arrested a drug peddler, Aniket Verma, and seized 192 grams of heroin, INR 10,150 in drug money, and a computer scale from his possession in Chheharta, Amritsar district.
The police on December 24 arrested four members of the Landa Harikey gang, identified as Kuldeep Singh alias Ladu, Yadwinder Singh alias Yada, Prabhdeep Singh alias Judge and Pawandeep Singh after a brief encounter, and seized one .32-bore pistol and live cartridges from their possession, in Johal Dhai village in Tarn Taran district. Investigations revealed that the seized weapon belonged to Pawandeep Singh, a serving Punjab Police officer, who had mortgaged it for drugs.
The Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with the Punjab Police, on December 24, recovered a packet of heroin weighing 460 grams from fields near Bachiwind village in Ajnala, Amritsar district.
Punjab Police on December 22 busted a trans-border narco-smuggling module with the arrest of Sukhdev Singh and Avtar Singh in Mullechak village, Amritsar district. The operation led to the seizure of 10 kg of heroin and a Toyota Etios car. The duo, linked to Pakistan-based smugglers, had been retrieving heroin consignments via drones after their release from jail.
The Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with Punjab Police, on December 22, recovered two packets of heroin weighing 558 grams and 613 grams, respectively, along with two DJI AIR 3S drones, from fields near Dal village in Patti, Tarn Taran district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on December 21 recovered one packet of heroin weighing 545 grams from a farming field adjacent to Jhangar Bhaini village in Ferozepur district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on December 21 recovered one packet of heroin weighing 544 grams, along with a drone from a farming field adjacent to Daoke village in in Amritsar district. The recovered drone was a DJI Mavic 3 Classic model.
Mohali police on December 20 arrested five individuals, Jasdeep Singh, Manjit Singh, Pankaj, Aman Kumar, and Shiv Kumar and seized 30 grams of heroin, two pistols, three magazines, and 35 live rounds from their possession in Kharar, Sahibzada Ajit Singh (SAS) Nagar district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on December 19 recovered one packet of heroin weighing 580 grams from a farming field adjacent to Ballaharwal village in Ajnala in Amritsar district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on December 18 recovered a 4.840 kg packet of heroin from a farming field near Rajatal village in Amritsar district.
The Abohar police on December 15 arrested two individuals, identified as Amarjeet Singh and Raj Singh and seized 435 grams of heroin from their possession, near Dhani Kadaka Singh village in Abohar in Fazilka district.
Mahorana Police on December 15 arrested a Nigerian national, identified as Godwin Samuel and seized 505 grams of heroin from his possession, at a naka (checkpoint) near Mahorana village in Malerkotla in Sangrur district. Samuel was residing in New Delhi under the guise of a student, and Police revealed his involvement in a similar case earlier in Roop Nagar district in Punjab.
Police on December 9 busted an inter-state drug-smuggling module and arrested Dharm Singh and Om Prakash Verma, and seized 4 kg of opium from their possession, near Handesra, in Sahibzada Ajit Singh (SAS) Nagar district.
Police on December 9 busted an inter-state drug-smuggling module and arrested Manish Kumar, Kamal and Kamal Verma, and seized 4.5 kg of opium from their possession, near College Road in Dera Bassi, in Sahibzada Ajit Singh (SAS) Nagar district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on December 9 recovered a packet of heroin weighing 580 grams from fields near Ballaharwal village in Ajnala, Amritsar district.
Police on December 8 arrested two women, identified as Sona and Simmi and seized 105 grams of heroin from their possession near Lakhowal road area near Ludhiana in Ludhiana district.
The Sadar Police on December 7 arrested Bajid Ali, an accused on bail in drug smuggling cases, and his accomplice Suraj, seizing 1.5 kg of opium from their possession in Purana Naru Nangal village, Hoshiarpur district.
Jalandhar Rural Police on December 7 arrested eight individuals, identified as Kushal, Jatinder Singh, Hina, Jaspinder Singh, Surinder Singh, Jagjivan Lal, Suraj, and his wife Simran and seized 504 narcotic pills, 47 grams of opium, INR 1,500 in drug money, three motorcycles, and one luxury car from their possession in Phillaur, Jalandhar district.
The Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with the Punjab Police, recovered a packet of heroin weighing 562 grams from fields near Dal village in Tarn Taran district on December 6.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on December 6 recovered a packet of heroin weighing 545 grams from fields near Thetharke village in Gurdaspur district.
The Amritsar Rural Police on December 6 arrested three individuals, identified as Makha Singh, Sajjan Singh, and William Masih and seized 5 kg of heroin along with a revolver from their possession near Ajnala in Amritsar district. Their accomplices, Harpal Singh alias Bhala and Gursewak Singh alias Sewak, managed to flee.
The Counter Intelligence (CI) unit of Punjab Police on December 5 arrested three drug smugglers—Husanpreet Singh, Karandeep Singh alias Manna, and Maninder Singh—and seized 5 kilograms of heroin, INR 4.45 lakh in drug money, along with a white Honda Activa and a black Hero Deluxe from their possession in Amritsar, Amritsar district. The police acted on a tip-off regarding their smuggling activities, which allegedly involved consignments dropped by drones from Pakistan. A case has been registered under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Amritsar Police Commissionerate on December 5 dismantled a trans-border narcotics smuggling module, arresting three smugglers identified as Harpartap Singh alias Happy, Karandeep Singh and Jagpreet Singh, and seized 5 kilograms of heroin from their possession, near Verka bypass in Amritsar in Amritsar district. The suspects had reportedly received the drug consignment from an unknown source in the Fatehgarh Churian area. A case has been registered under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and investigations are ongoing to uncover the broader smuggling network.
Border Security Force (BSF) troops on December 3 recovered a packet of heroin weighing 560 grams along with a drone from fields adjacent to Rattan Khurd village in Amritsar district. The recovered drone was a DJI Mavic 3 Classic model.
The Jalandhar Police on December 3 arrested four smugglers, identified as Palwinder Singh alias Sona, Amardeep alias Harman, Vishal, Balbir Singh alias Bira, and seized 150 narcotics pills, 50 grams of heroin, and INR 4,800 in drug money from their possession, in Jalandhar in Jalandhar district.