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10 kg Heroin Seized in Amritsar, Two Drug Traffickers Arrested
Police in a city called Amritsar found a very dangerous drug called heroin.
They took away 10 kilograms of it.
Two people were arrested because police say they were connected to the drugs.
This happened in an area called Gharinda.
The police started a case under a special law that deals with drugs.
They believe the heroin came from a smuggling network that crosses the border with Pakistan.
Police want to find the people who provided the drug, moved it, and planned to sell it.
Officers say this is an important breakthrough.
They promise the investigation will not stop with just these two arrests.
More people connected to the racket may be arrested soon.
Amritsar Rural Police arrested two alleged drug traffickers and seized 10 kg of heroin in an anti-narcotics operation.
The operation was carried out in the Gharinda police station area of Amritsar district.
A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Investigators are examining backward and forward links to identify the source, transporters, and intended recipients of the heroin.
Punjab Police called the recovery an important breakthrough and said more arrests are likely as the probe continues.
- Who
- Amritsar Rural Police and two arrested alleged drug traffickers.
- What
- Ten kilograms of heroin were seized and two suspects were arrested in an anti-narcotics operation.
- Where
- Gharinda police station area of Amritsar district.
- When
- The article does not state the exact date of the operation.
- Why
- To disrupt an organised cross-border heroin smuggling network and dismantle its supply chain.
Key facts
- Substance seized
- Heroin
- Quantity seized
- 10 kg
- Arrests made
- 2
- Location of operation
- Gharinda police station area, Amritsar district
- Legal action
- Case registered under the NDPS Act
- Investigating agency
- Amritsar Rural Police / Punjab Police
- Investigation status
- Ongoing; tracing network links, more arrests likely
Sources
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