1,376 kg heroin seized in 3 yrs: STF

The Special Task Force (STF) has claimed that strictness in Punjab has forced the peddlers to change the smuggling routes. STF chief Harpreet Singh Sidhu said 180 foreign nationals had been arrested in 147 cases registered over three years. Of them, 61 were arrested in 2017, 81 in 2018, 37 in 2019 and one this year. He said the arrests indicated that Delhi had become a major centre from where foreign nationals had been supplying drugs to Punjab.

The STF chief said owing to enhanced vigil, the smugglers exploited new sea, air and land routes many of which were under the garb of legal trade and commerce, he said.

In the last three years since April 2017, a total of 114 criminal cases have been registered against 148 police personnel and departmental inquiries initiated against 61. Besides, 47 police personnel have so far been dismissed and 17 suspended. Sidhu said it was the policy of the state government to take strict action against all such anti-social elements.

Source: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/1-376-kg-heroin-seized-in-3-yrs-stf-84854