5-kg heroin seized along Pak border

Fazilka, March 12

A day after the recovery of 1 kg heroin from three brothers, the police have made another seizure of 5 kg of the contraband from across the barbed wire fencing.

The police had yesterday arrested Dhawan Singh, his brothers Harjinder Singh and Satwinder Singh and seized 1 kg heroin near the Lakhe Karahain village link road while they were on their way to Fazilka. Harjinder and Satwinder are posted in the Army and had come to Fazilka on leave.

Fazilka SSP Harjeet Singh said after investigation, it was found a huge heroin consignment had been smuggled from Pakistan recently. The SSP claimed Dhawan was in touch with a Pakistan smuggler.The official sources said on Dhawan, the police and BSF launched a joint operation and recovered 5 kg heroin worth Rs 25 crore in the international market across the barbed fencing in the Gatti Bissoke border outpost area. The suspects were produced in the court of judicial magistrate, who remanded them in five-day police custody. The SSP said properties of seven smugglers booked under the NDPS Act had been attached so far.— OC