Archive · 3 Oct 2026
India deports alleged narco-trafficking kingpin Navpreet Singh from Türkiye
India says it has brought Navpreet Singh back from Türkiye.
Home Minister Amit Shah announced the deportation.
Authorities accuse Singh of being involved in drug trafficking.
Shah said Singh used another identity and allegedly sent drugs to India from Afghanistan.
Singh had reportedly been missing for more than two years.
Officials say his cousin Prabhdeep Singh ran the group’s operations in India.
Prabhdeep was previously extradited from Azerbaijan.
Singh is now in jail while the cases against him proceed.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Navpreet Singh was deported from Türkiye and brought to India on Saturday.
Shah said Singh had allegedly used the identity Navab Virk and smuggled heroin and methamphetamine into India from Afghanistan.
Singh, a Punjab native wanted in several narcotics cases, had reportedly been on the run for more than two years.
Authorities allege Singh headed an international narcotics syndicate whose India operations were run by his cousin, Prabhdeep Singh.
India submitted an extradition request to Turkish authorities in 2023–24; Singh has been jailed in connection with cases involving alleged drug trafficking and other crimes.
- Who
- Navpreet Singh, an alleged drug-trafficking figure, was deported to India; Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced it.
- What
- Singh was deported from Türkiye and brought to India, where he was jailed in connection with cases involving alleged drug trafficking and other crimes.
- When
- Saturday; India’s extradition request was submitted in 2023–24.
- Where
- From Türkiye to India.
- Why
- India sought Singh in connection with narcotics cases; authorities allege he headed an international drug syndicate.
- Person deported
- Navpreet Singh, also known as ‘Nav’; Shah said Singh had used the identity Navab Virk.
- Origin
- Punjab, India.
- Alleged drugs
- Heroin and methamphetamine.
- Alleged route
- Shah said drugs were smuggled to India from Afghanistan.
- Time on the run
- More than two years, according to the article.
- Extradition request
- India submitted a request to Turkish authorities in 2023–24, according to sources cited in the article.
- Related case
- Singh’s cousin Prabhdeep Singh was extradited from Azerbaijan on May 13; he was wanted in a case involving the seizure of 358 kg of heroin in 2021.