Punjab police seize drugs worth Rs140 crore

In a major drug haul, the special narcotic cell of Punjab police claimed to have seized 28 kg of heroin worth about Rs140 crore in the international black market, and arrested two persons in this connection.

On a tip-off, the two suspects were nabbed last night at Grand Trunk Road at the outskirts of the city when they were travelling in a Tavera SUV car, according to a SNC official.

When the car was intercepted and frisked, 28 packets of heroin were found in the specially created cavity of the four doors of the vehicle, the official said.

The arrested men were identified as notorious Indo-Pak smugglers Rajinder Singh, resident of border village Chogwan
in Amritsar, and Baljit Singh, resident of Hari Nagar in Delhi.

Rajinder Singh has been involved in several cases of drug peddling, while Baljit Singh was into gold and drug smuggling,
the official said.

Both the suspects had cleared numerous consignments of drugs as arrived from Pakistan and sold in the local market.