Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Two Held with 30 kg Heroin, Grenade Attack Accused Arrested
The police in Punjab, India, caught two men riding a motorcycle near a village called Satirwala.
The men were carrying heroin, a very dangerous and illegal drug.
The police found about 30 kilograms of it, which is as heavy as a big sack of potatoes.
Police teams worked together with the Border Security Force to catch them.
The police also arrested another person in a different case.
That case was about a grenade attack on a police station in Batala on August 1.
The police say the man, named Karanjit Singh, was hiding and planning more attacks on police buildings.
They believe he worked with a group connected to another country's spy agency.
The police are still looking for more people involved in both cases.
Counter Intelligence Ferozepur and Border Security Force (BSF) arrested Sukhwinder Singh and Manpreet Singh of Fazilka with 30.200 kg of heroin near Satirwala village.
The joint operation was based on a specific tip-off and is being probed as a cross-border narcotics smuggling module.
Punjab Police also arrested Karanjit Singh of Batala, the third accused in the August 1 grenade attack on Police Post Urban Estate, Batala.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said Karanjit was alleged to be an operative of an ISI-backed terror module run by a Portugal-based BKI mastermind.
The accused was allegedly planning similar attacks on police establishments; investigations continue to identify foreign handlers and local support networks.
- Who
- Punjab Police's Counter Intelligence units and the Border Security Force arrested Sukhwinder Singh, Manpreet Singh, and Karanjit Singh.
- What
- Police seized 30.200 kg of heroin in a cross-border smuggling bust and arrested the third accused in the Batala grenade attack case.
- When
- The DGP's announcement was made on Saturday; the Batala grenade attack occurred on August 1.
- Where
- Fazilka district (near Satirwala village) and Batala town, Punjab, India.
- Why
- To dismantle a cross-border narcotics network and a terror module allegedly planning attacks on police establishments.
- Heroin recovered
- 30.200 kg
- Arrested in heroin case
- Sukhwinder Singh and Manpreet Singh, residents of Fazilka
- Heroin seizure location
- Satirwala village, Fazilka
- Grenade attack date
- August 1
- Grenade attack location
- Police Post Urban Estate, Batala
- Third accused in grenade case
- Karanjit Singh, resident of Batala
- Agencies involved
- CI Ferozepur, BSF Fazilka, CI Jalandhar, Batala Police
- Investigation status
- Ongoing; foreign handlers and local support networks being identified