4.16 kg heroin seized, 1 held in Ferozepur

Ferozepur, June 24

Sleuths of the Counter Intelligence Department and 136th Battalion of the BSF recovered 4.16-kg heroin and nabbed a man having links with Pakistan-based smugglers.

Ajay Maluja, AIG, Counter Intelligence, said the police had received inputs that Kashmir Singh, alias Sheera, a resident of Ruhela Haji village in the Mamdot block, had links with Pakistani smugglers. He said in February, 2017, 5-kg heroin had been recovered from Sheera following which he was sent to jail for 15 years.

“Presently, he was on a parole for 56 days but we had received information that he was still involved in the illegal trade of drug smuggling. Sheera was arrested from Gatti Rajo Ke village. During interrogation, the accused revealed details about the consignment received from across the border following which a joint search operation was carried out with the help of the BSF near border outpost Shameke along the Indo-Pakistan border,” the AIG said. — OC