KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
Fazilka police on December 2 dismantled an inter-state network of illegal opioids operating from Rajasthan, arresting an unidentified individual and seizing 1.71 lakh Clovidol-100 tablets in Khuian Sarwar, Abohar, Fazilka district.
The Jagraon City police on December 1 arrested three persons, identified as Ravideep Singh alias Ravi, Amandeep Singh alias Jassu and Karan alias Nikku and seized 50 grams of heroin along with a Hyundai i20 from their possession, near Kothe Ath Chak village in Ludhiana district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on December 1 recovered two heroin consignments weighing 541 grams and 750 grams respectively, along with four Pakistani drones from fields in Tarn Taran and Amritsar districts in Punjab. The recovered drones included two DJI AIR 3S and two DJI Mavic 3 Classic models.
Khalra police on December 1 arrested two bike-borne persons, identified as Jaspal Singh and Nirvail Singh and seized 115 grams of heroin from their possession, near Khalra village in Tarn Taran district. The Police revealed that the accused had received the consignment from the Pakistan side through a drone.
Border Security Force (BSF) troops on December 1 recovered a packet containing 500 grams of heroin along with a drone from fields near Rajatal village in Amritsar district. The drone was a DJI AIR 3S model.
Border Security Force (BSF) troops on December 1 recovered a packet containing 540 grams of heroin along with a drone from fields near Dhariwal village in Ajnala in Amritsar district. The drone was a DJI Mavic 3 Classic model.
Jalandhar (Rural) police on November 30 dismantled a drug smuggling network with the arrest of a key operative identified as Amit Kumar Bhatti alias Mita, and seized which 95 grams of suspicious envelope containing brown sugar and INR 1 lakh drug money from his possession, from Valmik Mohalla in Gurdaspur in Gurdaspur district. Bhatti was managing a complex inter-state drug trafficking route spanning Moradabad (UP), Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh (HP). The police traced his operations, which involved procuring brown sugar from Moradabad and selling it to foreign tourists in HP at inflated prices.
Amritsar rural police on November 30 arrested a drug peddler, identified as Sandeep Singh alias Bittu and seized 470 grams of heroin from his possession from Rattan Kalan village in Amritsar.
Phillaur police on November 30 arrested two individuals, identified as Sonu Bacha and Akash Kumar alias Baba and seized 8 grams of heroin, 105 narcotic pills and INR 10,000 in cash from their possession, near Panjdhera village in Phillaur in Jalandhar district.
Patara police team on November 30 arrested two individuals, identified as Rajwinder Singh alias Raja, and Hardeep Thapar alias Honey and seized 12 grams of heroin and 300 narcotic pills along with a motorcycle from their possession, near Chadpur village in Jalandhar district.
Kartarpur police on November 30 arrested two individuals, identified as Arshpreet Singh and Dilpreet and seized 3 grams of heroin from their possession near Ambia village in Jalandhar district.
Border Security Force (BSF) troops on November 29 recovered one packet of heroin weighing 560 grams along with a drone from fields near Mahawa village in Amritsar district. The recovered drone was a DJI Mavic 3 Classic model.
Border Security Force (BSF) troops on November 29 recovered one packet of heroin weighing 572 grams along with a drone from fields near Dal village in Tarn Taran district. The recovered drone was a DJI Mavic 3 Classic model.
Border Security Force (BSF) on November 28 recovered a packet of heroin weighing 560 grams near Gehle Wala village in Fazilka district.
Police on November 28 arrested an individual, identified as Kalu Singh Kala and seized 10 grams of heroin from his possession in Jalalabad in Fazilka district.
The Jalandhar Commissionerate Police on November 28 busted an international drug trafficking gang with the arrest of three individuals identified as Chahat, Pawan Kumar and Ranbir Singh and seized 3 kg of opium from their possession in Jalandhar in Jalandhar district. Police first arrested Chahat on November 24 with 1 kg of opium and subsequently nabbed Pawan Kumar and Ranbir Singh, recovering an additional 2 kg based on information provided by him. The gang was involved in smuggling and packaging opium for international trade, and further investigations are underway to trace their links and identify other associates.
Border Security Force (BSF) troops in a joint operation with Punjab Police on November 27 recovered one packet of heroin weighing 624 grams from fields near Sankara village in Tarn Taran district.
The Amritsar Rural Police on November 27 arrested a drug peddler, identified as Mangal Singh alias Baba Manga and seized 1 kg of heroin from his possession, near Gharinda in Amritsar district.
The Central Jail administration seized 1.90 grams of cannabis and 26 intoxicating pills from Harjinder Singh, a prisoner returning from an eight-week parole, at Jalandhar Central Jail in Jalandhar district on November 27.
The Jalalabad police on November 27 arrested an unidentified woman and seized 20 grams of heroin from her possession in Hazara Ram Singh Wala village in Fazilka district.
The Sangrur district police on November 25 arrested two drug peddlers, identified as Devinder Singh and Hardeep Singh, and seized 1.20 kg of heroin, 10 kg of 'bhukki chura post' (poppy pod powder), INR 4.15 lakh in drug money, a car, and a scooter from their possession near Barri village in Sangrur district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) troops on November 23 recovered a packet containing 570 grams of heroin along with a drone from fields near Daoke village in Amritsar district.
Goraya police on November 22 arrested an individual identified as Pushpinder alias Kaka and recovered 185 narcotic pills from his possession in Goraya in Jalandhar district.
Police on November 22 arrested a female individual identified as Anjali, and seized164 narcotic pills from her possession in Phillaur in Jalandhar district.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on November 21 announced one of its largest-ever drug seizures following a yearlong investigation into a criminal organisation, with the operation recovering 36.4 kg of fentanyl, 23 kg each of methamphetamine and MDMA, 20.4 kg of cocaine, firearms, CAD 119,000 in cash, and luxury vehicles in Surrey, Canada. Three unidentified suspects, aged 24 to 47, were taken into custody.
Amritsar rural police on November 20 arrested one individual, identified as Gurbhej Singh and seized 3 kg of heroin from his possession, near Chak Alla Baksh village in Ajnala in Amritsar district.
Police on November 20 arrested two individuals, identified as Malkeet Singh and Baljinder Singh alias Tota, and seized 2 kg of heroin from their possession near Dhaliwal village in Ajnala in Amritsar district.
Gharinda police on November 20 recovered 1.498 kg of heroin from the residence of Jagroop Singh, who remains at large, in Gharinda village in Amritsar district.
Ludhiana Police on November 20 arrested three individuals, identified as Abhishek Thapar, Gopi alias Sunny, and Shubham Bains, and seized 165 grams of heroin from their possession in Ludhiana in Ludhiana district.
Ludhiana Police on November 20 arrested three individuals identified as Badal Rana, Chand and Reena and seized 160 grams of heroin from their possession in Ludhiana in Ludhiana district.
Ludhiana Police on November 20 arrested three individuals identified as Rahul, Lucky and Neetu seized 105 grams of heroin from their possession in Ludhiana in Ludhiana district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 20 arrested three unidentified drug smugglers, and seized six drones, 2.5 kg of heroin and INR 1.8 lakh from their possession near Dhanoe Kalan village in Amritsar district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 20 recovered 480 grams of heroin along with five drones from separate locations in the Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts in Punjab.
Border Security Force (BSF) troops on November 20 recovered 3.2 kg of heroin along with a drone, from fields near Mullakot village in Ajnala in Amritsar district. The recovered drone was a DJI Matrice 300 RTK model.
Police on November 19 arrested five individuals, identified as Jaspinder Singh alias Bagga, Pawan Pal, Harsukhmanpreet Singh, Akash Masih, and Beant Roop, and seized 3.5 kg of heroin, a 9mm pistol, and a .32-bore pistol from their possession in Amritsar in Amritsar district.
Police on November 19 arrested one individual identified as Rachhpal Singh and seized 470 grams of heroin from his possession in Amritsar in Amritsar district.
Punjab Police on November 19 uncovered that a constable of Punjab Police was the kingpin in a cross-border drug trafficking case involving the arrest of Akashdeep Singh, Gurbax Singh alias Babbal, and Simranpreet Singh, and the recovery of 450 gm of heroin, a .32 bore revolver, and four live rounds from their possession on November 16, from Khasa in Amritsar district. The Police withheld the constable's identity, stating that details would be revealed after the arrest of the main accused.
Police on November 19 arrested two individuals, identified as Kulwinder Singh and Kuldeep and seized 19 grams of heroin from their possession near the IRB Complex in Sarangpur village in Sahibzada Ajit Singh (SAS) Nagar district.
Police on November 17 busted a trans-border drug and weapon smuggling module and arrested two persons, identified as Vansh alias Billa and Sonu Chaurasi and seized 3.5 kg of heroin along with 1.5 kg of methaqualone along with two pistols, including a sophisticated Austria-made 9 mm Glock from their possession, in Amritsar in Amritsar district. Investigations are underway to trace their accomplices and linkages.
Jalandhar rural police on November 17 conducted a cordon and search operation (CASO) and arrested five individuals, identified as Jatinder Kumar, Davinder Kumar, Rohan Kumar, Ninder and Kashmir Kaur, and seized 12 grams of heroin along with 300 Etizolam tablets from their possession, in Ganna village in Phillaur in Jalandhar district.
The Ludhiana Commissionerate Police on November 16 arrested a drug smuggler, identified as Amarjeet Singh alias Gandhi, and seized 2.5 kg of opium, INR 22 lakh drug money and a car from his possession in Ludhiana in Ludhiana district.
Nakodar police on November 16 exposed a local drug distribution network and arrested one individual identified as Amit alias Amati and seized 110 narcotic pills from his possession in Nakodar in Jalandhar district.
Maqusdan police on November 16 arrested two drug peddlers, identified as Munish Kumar alias Mishu, and Sandeep Kumar alias Deepi and seized 100 pink-coloured narcotic pills from their possession in Maqusdan in Jalandhar district.
Police on November 16 arrested one individual identified as Ramanpreet Singh alias Chamanpreet Singh and seized 50 grams of heroin from his possession, in Jalalabad in Fazilka district.
Police on November 16 arrested two individuals, identified as Daljit Singh alias Gurpreet Singh and Joga Singh, seized 10 grams of heroin from his possession, in Rukanpura Khuikhera village in Fazilka district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 16 recovered a packet of heroin weighing 532 grams along with a drone from fields near Dal village in Patti in Tarn Taran district. The recovered drone was a DJI AIR 3S model.
The Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with Punjab Police on November 16 recovered a packet of heroin weighing 570 grams from fields near T J Singh village in Pattil in Tarn Taran district.
The Amritsar police on November 15 dismantled a trans-border narco-smuggling and arms cartel with the arrest of three individuals, Aditya Pratap alias Kaka, Shambhu Kabir and Muskan along with 8 kg of heroin, 6 kg of opium, 13.1 kg of chemicals used to enhance the quantity of contraband, and four pistols along with 17 cartridges from their possession at Kot Khalsa in Amritsar district. Aditya was arrested at Prem Nagar Road in Amritsar with two pistols and 13 live cartridges, leading to the recovery of 8 kg of heroin, 2 kg of chemicals, 6 kg of opium, and a Glock pistol. Shambhu was arrested at Guru Ki Wadali Road in Amritsar with 275 grams of heroin, 11.1 kg of chemicals, and a .32 bore pistol. Muskan was identified as the daughter of absconding racket kingpin Sunny.
The Gharinda police on November 15 arrested three cross-border drug traffickers, identified as Akashdeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, and Simranpreet Singh and seized 450 grams of heroin and a .32 bore revolver along with four live rounds from their possession, near Khasa in Amritsar district. The suspects were linked to contraband and arms supply in Pakistan, with further investigations underway to uncover their networks.
Border Security Force (BSF) troops on November 13 recovered two large packets of heroin weighing 4.450 kg from fields near Agwan village in Gurdaspur district.