{"id":485778,"date":"2023-08-23T16:19:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T10:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=485778"},"modified":"2023-08-23T16:20:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T10:50:03","slug":"antidrug-task-force-cross-border-smuggling-heroin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/antidrug-task-force-cross-border-smuggling-heroin\/","title":{"rendered":"Antidrug task force busts cross border smuggling ring, recovers 41 kg heroin from Pakistan via Ravi river"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Acting on a tip-off, the specialized anti-drug task force (STF) of the Punjab Police has dismantled a cross-border drug smuggling network by arresting three individuals in Mehimad Mandra village, Amritsar district, on Wednesday. The operation resulted in the confiscation of 41 kilograms of heroin that had been smuggled into India from Pakistan via the Ravi river. The suspects were identified as Agyapal Singh, aged 27, from Ghumrai village, Ranjodh Singh (also known as Rana), aged 26, from Mehimad Mandra, and Sandeep Singh from Panjgrain village in Amritsar district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a press conference held in Amritsar, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of the STF, Mukhtiar Rai, stated, under the leadership of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Vawinder Mahajan, the police launched a targeted operation to dismantle the network of smugglers collaborating with Pakistani individuals to facilitate heroin supply from across the border. Acting on a tip-off, the team learned that Agyapal, the mastermind behind the drug smuggling operation, alongside his two associates, had received a shipment of heroin from Pakistan and stored it in Mehimad Mandra village. A subsequent raid led to the discovery of 41 kilograms of heroin at Ranjodh&#8217;s residence, resulting in the apprehension of the three suspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Punjab Gov in Action against Drugs in State\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25<br><br>Punjab Police STF in Amritsar recovered 41 Kgs of Heroin and arrested 3 Drug Smugglers today.<br><br>STF of Punjab Police to hold a Press Conference at 12 noon to give further details.<br><br>Punjab CM had promised on Independence day that Gov\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Gss\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@Gss_Views) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gss_Views\/status\/1694246418092044552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Preliminary investigations indicate that Agyapal had established connections with Pakistani drug smugglers. The recovered heroin had been trafficked via the Ravi river during a recent surge in water levels. The investigators are probing the riverine route. The accused have reportedly confessed to having successfully smuggled five to six similar shipments from Pakistan. Efforts are ongoing to ascertain the broader network involving the arrested individuals, as stated by AIG Rai. The STF&#8217;s Mohali police station has registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big Blow to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pakistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pakistan<\/a> based Drug Network: Special Task Force has busted a major cartel and seized 41 Kg Heroin after arresting 3 drug traffickers<br><br>Heroin transported through Ravi river. The main kingpin involved in the Trans Border narcotic network arrested (1\/2) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXRaxyWpQI\">pic.twitter.com\/VXRaxyWpQI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; DGP Punjab Police (@DGPPunjabPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DGPPunjabPolice\/status\/1694290601234342012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Referred to as drug couriers, swimmers were previously compensated between Rs 50,000 and Rs 60,000 per kilogram of heroin. However, due to the ongoing floods, this incentive has been elevated to a range of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh per kilogram of heroin, as confirmed by an official from a security agency familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a press conference held in Amritsar, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of the STF, Mukhtiar Rai, stated, under the leadership of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Vawinder Mahajan, the police launched a targeted operation to dismantle the network of smugglers collaborating with Pakistani individuals to facilitate heroin supply from across the border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":485781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Antidrug task force busts cross border smuggling ring, recovers 41 kg heroin from Pakistan via Ravi river","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497],"tags":[97689,21,753],"yst_prominent_words":[40833,50835,8471,35863,13664,4000,20984,4436],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/23161229\/The-three-accused-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485778"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=485778"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=485778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->