KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
Police on November 18 arrested two smugglers, identified as Sandeep Singh alias Suraj and Hardev Singh alias Ashu, and seized 115 grams of heroin, a digital weighing machine, and a scooter from their possession in Ludhiana in Ludhiana district.
Police on November 18 arrested one person, identified as Rajesh Kumar alias Raju and seized 1.5 kg of heroin from his possession in Jalandhar in Jalandhar district.
Border Security Force (BSF) troops on November 17 recovered a packet containing 550 grams of heroin and a broken drone in the fields near Rattan Khurd village in the Amritsar district.
The police on November 17 arrested two individuals, identified as Anmol Singh and Anurag, and seized 2 kg of heroin from their possession near Talwandi Bhai in Ferozepur district.
The police on November 17 arrested three smugglers, identified as Shinderpal Singh, Malkit Singh and Sonu and seized 1.5 kg of heroin from their possession at a checkpoint near Mamdot in Ferozepur district.
The police on November 17 arrested four drug peddlers, identified as Manjit, Gurpreet, Sandeep and Amarjit Singh and seized 98 grams of heroin from their possession near Abohar-Hindumalkot road in Fazilka district.
The police on November 17 arrested two unidentified persons along with 7 grams of heroin in Abohar in Fazilka district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 15 recovered a packet of 500 grams of heroin and a Pakistani drone near Roranwala Khurd village in Amritsar district. The drone was identified as a DJI Mavic 3 Classic model, made in China.
The Special Task Force (Ludhiana range) on November 15 arrested an individual identified as Gurjant Singh alias Janta and seized 2.6 kg of heroin worth INR 13 crore along with a car near Jhande village in Ludhiana district.
Punjab Police and the Border Security Force (BSF) on November 13 arrested two drug smugglers, identified as Daljit Singh and Palwinder Singh, and seized 540 grams of heroin from their possession in Udhar Dhariwal village in Amritsar district. The accused revealed that the drug-smuggling module was orchestrated by Mann Bilawal Singh, a Canada-based smuggler, with the assistance of Pakistani counterparts. Mann Bilawal Singh, the alleged mastermind, is the nephew of Daljit Singh and the son of the former notorious smuggler Punjab Singh.
Police on November 11 arrested three drug peddlers, identified as Jobanjit Singh alias Joban, Lovepreet Singh alias Love and Gurjant Singh, and seized 51 grams of heroin along with two electronic scales and a motorcycle from their possession in Chheharta in Amritsar district.
The Border Security Police (BSF) on November 7 arrested an unidentified drug smuggler and seized 1 kg of heroin and two motorcycles from his possession in Bachhiwind village in Amritsar district. The BSF intercepted a drone on the night of November 7-8, leading to the discovery. During a joint search operation with the Punjab Police, conducted on November 8 morning recovered the heroin from fields near Bachhiwind village.
The Border Security Forces (BSF) on November 6 recovered a drone along with 250 grams of heroin from the fields adjacent to Roranwala Khurd village in Amritsar district.
Police on November 6 arrested a drug smuggler, identified as Harpal Singh, and seized 3.770 kg of heroin from him near Khemkaran village in Tarn Taran district. During the arrest, the police found 610 grams of heroin in his possession and recovered an additional 3.160 kg of heroin from the nearby fields of farmer Somjit Singh based on Harpal Singh’s disclosure.
Punjab police on November 5 arrested two drug smugglers, identified as Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh and Rajpreet Singh alias Raj, and seized 2 kg of heroin and a Mahindra Scorpio SUV from their possession in Chohla Sahib in Tarn Taran district. The arrests followed a 40 km hot chase from Bhikhiwind to Chohla Sahib, during which one of the suspects was injured while attempting to escape from the moving vehicle.
The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) on November 4 arrested two drug peddlers identified as Gagandeep Singh and Kulwant Singh, seizing 28,500 intoxicating tablets from their possession in Fazilka district.
The police on November 4 arrested Sucha Singh and recovered 4 grams of heroin along with INR 13,700 in drug money from his possession in Dharam Nagari in Fazilka district.
On November 3, in a joint operation, the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police recovered a packet of heroin weighing 490 grams from a field on the outskirts of Rattan Khurd village in Amritsar district.
The Special Task Force (STF), on November 2, arrested a drug smuggler identified as Lal Ji and seized 50 grams of heroin from his possession in Mohali in Sahibzada Ajit Singh (SAS) Nagar district. He was produced in court and taken into one day of police remand. He used to obtain the drugs from the Fazilka border area and sell them in Mohali.
Border Security Force (BSF) troops on November 2 recovered a packet containing 850 grams of heroin near Bharopal village in Amritsar district.
Police on November 2 arrested a drug smuggler, identified as Sunil Kumar, and seized 10 grams of heroin from his possession at a blockade at Railway Crossing on Sotran Road in Banga in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab.
Police on November 1 arrested a man, identified as Jaspreet Singh and seized 1 kg of opium from his possession in Kabarwala village in Muktsar district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab police, in a joint operation on November 1 recovered a drone carrying 3.242 kg of heroin near Rajatal village in Amritsar district.
The Police on October 31 arrested a drug smuggler, identified as Avtar Singh alias Lali and seized 50 grams of heroin from his possession near Rahon, in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district.
Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police on October 30 recovered four packets of heroin weighing 4.35 kg from a field in Kalsian village in Tarn Taran district.
Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police during a joint search operation on October 29 recovered a packet containing 2.146 kg of heroin and a broken China-made DJI Mavic-3 Classic quadcopter drone on the outskirts of Bhaini village in Amritsar district.
Border Security Force (BSF) on October 29 recovered 2.992 kg of heroin along with four cartridges of a .30 mm in the outskirts of Kalash Havelian village in Tarn Taran district.
Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police during a joint search operation on October 28 recovered a drone along with a packet containing 407 grams of heroin from the fields on the outskirts of Wan village in Tarn Taran district. The drone is a China-made DJI Mavic-3 Classic quadcopter.
The Special Task Force (Ludhiana unit) on October 27 arrested a man identified as Nitin Gocha and seized 820 grams of heroin from his possession near Daba Village in Ludhiana district. He was apprehended at a checkpost while reportedly en route to sell the drugs in Ishar Nagar in Ludhiana district. Initial investigations suggest that the accused was involved in drug distribution, with his father allegedly procuring the drugs for him to sell.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 27 shot down a drone near the international border (IB) and recovered 3 kg of narcotics suspected to be heroin near Mastgarh village in Tarn Taran district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 27 recovered a yellow plastic-wrapped bottle containing 360 grams of heroin from Daoke village in Amritsar district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police in a joint search operation on October 26 recovered six packets of heroin weighing 6.279 kilograms from Adhian village in Gurdaspur district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 26 recovered a small bottle containing 360 grams of heroin from a field near Daoke village in Amritsar district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 25 recovered two bottles containing 1.5 kg of heroin from a field near Dal village in Tarn Taran district.
Police on October 25 arrested a drug supplier, identified as Ranjeet Singh alias Rana, and recovered 105 grams of heroin from his possession in Daoke village in Amritsar district. Rana revealed that his village near the India-Pakistan border was a hub for heroin smuggling, and he had been in contact with Pakistani-based suppliers via WhatsApp.
The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police on October 24 recovered a small bottle filled with 356 grams of heroin and a drone from the outskirts of Mastgarh village in Tarn Taran district. The recovered drone was a Quadcopter of model DJI Mavic 3 Classic.
Jamalpur Police on October 24 arrested four drug peddlers, identified as Ashu Mehta, Amandeep Singh, Maninder Singh and Suman Tiwari, and seized 260 grams of heroin, an electronic weighing machine and a Maruti Suzuki Swift car from their possession in Jamalpur in Ludhiana district.
The State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) of Punjab Police on October 23 busted a cross-border smuggling racket by arresting a drug trafficker, identified as Rahul along with 12 kilograms of heroin and a Honda Amaze car in Amritsar district. According to the Police, Rahul had direct connections with the notorious drug smuggler Ranjeet alias Cheeta.
The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police on October 22 recovered three packets of heroin weighing 2.916 kilograms and a drone battery with a capacity of 5935 milliampere-hours (mAh) from a nearby paddy field on the outskirts of Mastgarh village in Tarn Taran district. The joint search operation was launched based on specific information regarding the presence of contraband items in the area.
Amritsar City Police on October 22 arrested two individuals, identified as Amarjit Singh and Mani Masih, and seized 100 grams of heroin from their possession near the Metro shopping in Amritsar district.
The Batala police on October 20 recovered two kg of heroin from an agricultural field in Haruwal village in Gurdaspur district. A drone was spotted in the area around two weeks ago, prompting a search operation.
Police on October 15 arrested a drug smuggler, identified as Surinder Singh alias Shinda, and recovered 1 kg of heroin, a 9-mm pistol, INR 8.5 lakh drug money and two cars, after an encounter at Nurmahal in Jalandhar district.
The Special Task Force (STF) arrested three drug smugglers and recovered 2.5 kg of heroin in the Gharinda area of Amritsar district on October 15.
Ferozepur police arrested two persons, identified as Rajdeep Singh and Amrik Singh along with 2 kilograms of heroin in Ferozepur district on October 15.
Police on October 15 arrested two persons, identified as Surjit alias Bulla and Sukhjinder Singh and recovered 25 grams of heroin from their possession in Kapurthala district.
Police arrested a drug peddler, identified as Baljeet Singh along with 50 grams of heroin from near the area of Dussehra ground on Altos Chowk in Ludhiana district on October 15.
Police arrested four Punjab-based drug peddlers, identified as Kulwinder Singh, Gurpal Singh, Kuljit Singh Rana and Kalu Singh and recovered 55 grams of heroin in two separate incidents in Fazilka district.
Police arrested two drug smugglers, identified as Gurbinder Singh alias Binder and Kulwant Singh alias Kanta, and recovered 12 kg of heroin from them near Qile Wala Chowk in Ferozepur district on October 12. According to police, both were coming back after receiving a consignment from across the border in a car.
The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police, in a joint operation, recovered a drone (Quadcopter) and a packet containing 3.213 kg of heroin from a paddy field near the International Border in Tarn Taran district on October 12.
The Punjab Police, along with the Jammu and Kashmir Police, arrested a drug smuggler, identified as Manjit Singh, who was wanted in a 30-kg cocaine seizure case, and seized a .32-bore revolver, INR 4.94 crore drug money, 38 fake vehicle number plates of Punjab and Haryana, 44 gm gold, 385 gm silver, a currency counting machine and a weighing machine, from Mullanpur Dakha in Ludhiana district on October 11. This development followed the earlier arrest of two Punjab-based drug smugglers, Hunny Basra from Palahi Gate in Phagwara and Sarabjit Singh from Ballan village in Kartarpur, who were arrested with 30 kg of cocaine in Jammu on October 1. Punjab police sources said that they were suspecting it to be an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-linked case