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 November 2 recovered a packet containing 850 grams of heroin near Bharopal village in Amritsar district.
Police on November 2 arrested a drug smuggler, identified as Sunil Kumar, and seized 10 grams of heroin from his possession at a blockade at Railway Crossing on Sotran Road in Banga in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab.
Police on November 1 arrested a man, identified as Jaspreet Singh and seized 1 kg of opium from his possession in Kabarwala village in Muktsar district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab police, in a joint operation on November 1 recovered a drone carrying 3.242 kg of heroin near Rajatal village in Amritsar district.
The Police on October 31 arrested a drug smuggler, identified as Avtar Singh alias Lali and seized 50 grams of heroin from his possession near Rahon, in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district.
Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police on October 30 recovered four packets of heroin weighing 4.35 kg from a field in Kalsian village in Tarn Taran district.
Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police during a joint search operation on October 29 recovered a packet containing 2.146 kg of heroin and a broken China-made DJI Mavic-3 Classic quadcopter drone on the outskirts of Bhaini village in Amritsar district.
Border Security Force (BSF) on October 29 recovered 2.992 kg of heroin along with four cartridges of a .30 mm in the outskirts of Kalash Havelian village in Tarn Taran district.
Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police during a joint search operation on October 28 recovered a drone along with a packet containing 407 grams of heroin from the fields on the outskirts of Wan village in Tarn Taran district. The drone is a China-made DJI Mavic-3 Classic quadcopter.
The Special Task Force (Ludhiana unit) on October 27 arrested a man identified as Nitin Gocha and seized 820 grams of heroin from his possession near Daba Village in Ludhiana district. He was apprehended at a checkpost while reportedly en route to sell the drugs in Ishar Nagar in Ludhiana district. Initial investigations suggest that the accused was involved in drug distribution, with his father allegedly procuring the drugs for him to sell.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 27 shot down a drone near the international border (IB) and recovered 3 kg of narcotics suspected to be heroin near Mastgarh village in Tarn Taran district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 27 recovered a yellow plastic-wrapped bottle containing 360 grams of heroin from Daoke village in Amritsar district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police in a joint search operation on October 26 recovered six packets of heroin weighing 6.279 kilograms from Adhian village in Gurdaspur district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 26 recovered a small bottle containing 360 grams of heroin from a field near Daoke village in Amritsar district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 25 recovered two bottles containing 1.5 kg of heroin from a field near Dal village in Tarn Taran district.
Police on October 25 arrested a drug supplier, identified as Ranjeet Singh alias Rana, and recovered 105 grams of heroin from his possession in Daoke village in Amritsar district. Rana revealed that his village near the India-Pakistan border was a hub for heroin smuggling, and he had been in contact with Pakistani-based suppliers via WhatsApp.
The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police on October 24 recovered a small bottle filled with 356 grams of heroin and a drone from the outskirts of Mastgarh village in Tarn Taran district. The recovered drone was a Quadcopter of model DJI Mavic 3 Classic.
Jamalpur Police on October 24 arrested four drug peddlers, identified as Ashu Mehta, Amandeep Singh, Maninder Singh and Suman Tiwari, and seized 260 grams of heroin, an electronic weighing machine and a Maruti Suzuki Swift car from their possession in Jamalpur in Ludhiana district.
The State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) of Punjab Police on October 23 busted a cross-border smuggling racket by arresting a drug trafficker, identified as Rahul along with 12 kilograms of heroin and a Honda Amaze car in Amritsar district. According to the Police, Rahul had direct connections with the notorious drug smuggler Ranjeet alias Cheeta.
The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police on October 22 recovered three packets of heroin weighing 2.916 kilograms and a drone battery with a capacity of 5935 milliampere-hours (mAh) from a nearby paddy field on the outskirts of Mastgarh village in Tarn Taran district. The joint search operation was launched based on specific information regarding the presence of contraband items in the area.
Amritsar City Police on October 22 arrested two individuals, identified as Amarjit Singh and Mani Masih, and seized 100 grams of heroin from their possession near the Metro shopping in Amritsar district.
The Batala police on October 20 recovered two kg of heroin from an agricultural field in Haruwal village in Gurdaspur district. A drone was spotted in the area around two weeks ago, prompting a search operation.
Police on October 15 arrested a drug smuggler, identified as Surinder Singh alias Shinda, and recovered 1 kg of heroin, a 9-mm pistol, INR 8.5 lakh drug money and two cars, after an encounter at Nurmahal in Jalandhar district.
The Special Task Force (STF) arrested three drug smugglers and recovered 2.5 kg of heroin in the Gharinda area of Amritsar district on October 15.
Ferozepur police arrested two persons, identified as Rajdeep Singh and Amrik Singh along with 2 kilograms of heroin in Ferozepur district on October 15.
Police on October 15 arrested two persons, identified as Surjit alias Bulla and Sukhjinder Singh and recovered 25 grams of heroin from their possession in Kapurthala district.
Police arrested a drug peddler, identified as Baljeet Singh along with 50 grams of heroin from near the area of Dussehra ground on Altos Chowk in Ludhiana district on October 15.
Police arrested four Punjab-based drug peddlers, identified as Kulwinder Singh, Gurpal Singh, Kuljit Singh Rana and Kalu Singh and recovered 55 grams of heroin in two separate incidents in Fazilka district.
Police arrested two drug smugglers, identified as Gurbinder Singh alias Binder and Kulwant Singh alias Kanta, and recovered 12 kg of heroin from them near Qile Wala Chowk in Ferozepur district on October 12. According to police, both were coming back after receiving a consignment from across the border in a car.
The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police, in a joint operation, recovered a drone (Quadcopter) and a packet containing 3.213 kg of heroin from a paddy field near the International Border in Tarn Taran district on October 12.
The Punjab Police, along with the Jammu and Kashmir Police, arrested a drug smuggler, identified as Manjit Singh, who was wanted in a 30-kg cocaine seizure case, and seized a .32-bore revolver, INR 4.94 crore drug money, 38 fake vehicle number plates of Punjab and Haryana, 44 gm gold, 385 gm silver, a currency counting machine and a weighing machine, from Mullanpur Dakha in Ludhiana district on October 11. This development followed the earlier arrest of two Punjab-based drug smugglers, Hunny Basra from Palahi Gate in Phagwara and Sarabjit Singh from Ballan village in Kartarpur, who were arrested with 30 kg of cocaine in Jammu on October 1. Punjab police sources said that they were suspecting it to be an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-linked case
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 7 seized a drone along with 6.3 kg of heroin and a small packet containing 60 gm of opium from a field near the International Border in the Amritsar sector of Amritsar district.
Tarn Taran Police on October 5 arrested a person, identified as Shera Singh, and seized 3 kg of heroin from his possession in Mehndipur Village in Tarn Taran district.
The Special Task Force (STF) on October 4 arrested three individuals, identified as Avtar Singh, Joginder Singh and Gurvinder Singh and seized 100 grams of heroin from their possession in Mohali in Sahibzada Ajit Singh (SAS) Nagar district. The accused allegedly sourced heroin from Amritsar for INR 2,000 per gram and sold it for INR 3,200 per gram in Mohali. Avtar had two prior drug smuggling cases in Amritsar, Punjab and Tarn Taran, Punjab, while Joginder had one drug case in Amritsar.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 3 intercepted a China-made drone and recovered 470 gm of heroin, near Dhanoe Khurd village in Amritsar district.
Punjab Police and Border Security Force (BSF) on October 3 intercepted a Pakistani drone and recovered 2.518 grams of heroin from near Border Out-Post (BOP) Kalsia near Kalsian Khurd village in Tarn Taran district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 2 intercepted a drone and recovered 2.7 kilograms of heroin and the drone, in a paddy field near Kalsian Khurd village in Tarn Taran district. The drone was a Chinese-made Quadcopter (Model – DJI Matrice 300 RTK).
The Anti-Narcotic cell of Police Commissionerate, in a joint operation with Counter Intelligence (CI) on October 1 arrested one person, identified as Kartar Singh and recovered 1.5 kg of opium from his possession in Kot Gangu Rai village in Ludhiana district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on September 29 intercepted a drone and recovered 545 grams of heroin and the drone, near Rajatal village in Amritsar district. The recovered drone is China-made Quadcopter DJI Mavic-3 Classic.
Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of Punjab Police on September 27 arrested three individuals identified as Gurcharan Singh alias Channa, Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Sunil Singh alias Lovely and recovered 1.872 kg of heroin from their possession near Saide ke village in Ferozepur district.
Punjab Police on September 27 arrested an individual identified as Jang Singh and seized 1,010 intoxicating tablets and drug money of INR 2.31 lakh from his possession in Guruharsahai in Ferozepur district.
Police arrested a man, identified as Lakhan Khosla and seized 70 grams of an intoxicating powder, most likely heroin, from his possession in Model Town in Hoshiarpur district on September 27.
Police on September 27 arrested two unidentified individuals and recovered 100 grams of heroin and a stolen car from their possession in Mahilpur in Hoshiarpur district.
Chabbewal Police on September 27 arrested two drug smugglers, identified as Vikramjeet and Sahil Bains and seized 260 grams of intoxicating powder from their possession in Chabbewal in Hoshiarpur district.
Nabha Police, on September 26, arrested two individuals, identified as panchayat secretary Deepak Garg and Navpreet Pal and seized around 3.5 kg of opium from their possession in Nabha in Patiala district. Garg is alleged to have smuggled around 60 kg of opium over the last two years, primarily sourced from Rajasthan.
Zirakpur police, along with the Special Task Force (STF) Mohali unit, on September 26 arrested two drug peddlers identified as Arun Kumar and Manjit Singh alias Meet and recovered 50 grams of heroin from their possession in Mohali in Sahibzada Ajit Singh (SAS) Nagar district. The arrested individuals disclosed that they sourced the heroin from the Ferozepur border area for INR 2,000 per gram and sold it in Mohali for INR 3,200 per gram.
Police on September 26 arrested an individual identified as Niket Singh and recovered 20 grams of heroin from his possession in Zikapur in Sahibzada Ajit Singh (SAS) Nagar district.
The Counter-Intelligence (CI) wing of the Punjab Police on September 26 arrested a drug smuggler identified as Manpreet Singh and seized 4 kg of heroin and a car from his possession near Khurmania village in Amritsar district. Manpreet had been communicating with Pakistani drug smugglers through WhatsApp and was transporting the heroin consignment. Reportedly, it had been delivered by Pakistani smugglers using a drone near Naushehra Dhala village in Tarn Taran district to an unknown recipient.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on September 26 recovered 3 packets of heroin weighing 1.5 kg near Daoke village in Amritsar district.
In a joint operation, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police arrested a man, identified as Malkiat Singh and seized 700 grams of heroin along with a motorcycle from his possession in Daoke village in Amritsar district.