By Punjabnewswire4u
PATIALA, NOV 12
The
preliminary questioning of Jagdish Bhola, kingpin and mastermind of a massive
synthetic drug racket who was arrested by the Punjab Police yesterday from near
New Delhi along with four associates, has unveiled an intricate and
sophisticated network of supply of synthetic drugs to markets in Europe, Canada
and the UK.
Disclosing
this here today, Mr. Hardyal Singh Mann, SSP, Patiala said that Bhola and
his four associates were nabbed from the Shaan-e-Punjab Dhaba near Ghanaur
after months of patient tracking and follow-up by a joint team of Counter
Intelligence and Patiala Police led by Sh. Simratpal Singh Dhindsa, Assistant
Inspector General of Police, CI/Operations and including Sh. Bhupinder Singh
Khatra, SP/Rajpura, Sh. Tejinderjit Singh Virk, DSP/Counter Intelligence and
Sh. Arshdeep Singh, DSP/Nabha. He revealed that the police teams conducted
reccee, posted cut-outs and chase parties on both sides, zeroed in on the RV
point near Shaan-e-Punjab dhaba where the gangsters were meeting and
overpowered them.
He
informed that according to the preliminary questioning, the drugs would be
transported from India to foreign countries primarily by using air cargo, and,
also through human couriers. Camouflaging of air cargo used innovative
techniques like hiding the contraband in the heels of footwear, books, false
cavities in containers, ladies suits, condiment & food product boxes, and
even picture frames of religious personalities.
He said
that as per the interrogation of arrested persons, over 300 kgs of synthetic
drugs like ICE (M-amphetamine) and other high-quality drugs like heroin were
smuggled out of India by the Jagdish Bhola-controlled drug racket. The network
operated in a sophisticated manner using cut-outs, different persons for
packing and packaging, transportation, receiving and distributing the
consignment of contrabands. Among other modus-operandi, sports clubs based in
Canada and Europe were used for distribution of contraband consignments.
Besides
this, disclosures about the involvement of Chinese, Vietnamese and other
foreign nationals in the drug racket has also been made. These foreign
nationals were involved in the preparation of synthetic drugs from the
precursor chemicals and were especially sent to India by the foreign recipients
for ensuring quality control of the manufactured synthetic drugs. Important
clues for the identification of these foreign nationals actively involved in
the drug trade in India have been developed and are being shared with
appropriate agencies for legal follow-up regarding their criminal liability, he
added.
He
further said that during the investigation, several recipients of contraband
consignments of the Jagdish Bhola network have been identified:
(i)
Sarabjit Singh @ Nick s/o Ajaib Singh r/o village
Baliaon, PS Samrala, police district Khanna (now in Delta BC, Vancouver)-
former kabaddi player
(ii)
Nirankara Singh Dhillon r/o Apra, PS Phillaur, district
Jalandhar (now in Brampton, Ontario, Canada)- father-in-law of Kulwant Singh
arrested in the Anoop Singh Kahlon case
(iii)
Harbans Sidhu r/o Burj Lit, PS Raipur, Ludhiana (now in Toronto)
(iv)
Dara Singh Mathoda r/o village Mathoda, PS Phillaur, district
Jalandhar (now in Vancouver)- Promoter of Azad Kabaddi Club- a famous
sports outfit in Toronto
It may
be mentioned here that the information about the foreign recipients,
particularly in Canada was earlier shared and jointly developed with the
Canadian authorities. The information was shared with the Police Liaison
Officer in the Canadian High Commission, New Delhi by the Punjab Police in a
high level meeting presided over by Sh. Hardeep Singh Dhillon , Additional
Director General of Police, Intelligence, Punjab and further developed by the
Punjab Police. Particulars of recipients in UK and Holland have been developed,
details of which will be mentioned subsequently, after the requisite follow-up
action with the concerned authorities in India and abroad has been taken.
The SSP
said that Sarabjit Singh @ Saba, an associate of Jagdish Singh @ Bhola arrested
along with him on November 11 started his criminal career as a master vehicle
thief who stole hundreds of vehicles from Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan etc. other
than from Punjab. Gradually, Saba got involved in crimes with multiple
modus-operandi and also became a major operative of the drug racket controlled
by Jagdish Singh @ Bhola. Sarabjit @ Saba is a hardcore criminal involved in
many crimes including drug trafficking, robberies, kidnapping, dacoity etc.
Some of the FIRs are as under:-
(i)
FIR No. 251 of 2011, PS Sector 5 Panchkula- recovery of 10
kg opium- Saba is a PO
(ii)
FIR No. 56 of 2013, PS Banur- massive recovery of synthetic drugs-
Saba is a PO
(iii)
FIR No. 117 of 1997, PS Raja Sansi, district Amritsar Rural-
robbery case u/s 382 IPC
(iv)
FIR No. 190 of 1990 u/s 392 IPC, PS Panchkula- aggravated robbery case
(v)
FIR No. 13 of 2002 u/s 342/392/365/120-B IPC registered in Surat, Gujarat
Sarabjit
Singh @ Saba, alongwith Baljinder Singh indulged in drug trafficking on a very
large scale. Baljinder Singh is a hardcore criminal who is heavily involved in
heroin trafficking and synthetic drug racket controlled by Jagdish Singh @
Bhola. He further said that during the house search of Jagdish Bhola at Patel
Nagar, New Delhi a visa stamping machine, 26 passports and other documents have
been recovered. The passports include 1 British, 8 Canadian and 17 Indian
passports. The stamping machine was used for affixing fake visas of foreign
countries including the US, Canada and European countries. Jagdish Bhola was
staying in two flats in Patel Nagar owned by Harmohinder Singh, belonging to
village Rajpura in Phillaur. Harmohinder Singh was involved in travel agent
business and is presently absconding. Systematic examination, by a Counter
Intelligence Wing team, of the equipment, passports and documents recovered
from Patel Nagar is being done.
Meanwhile,
the Director General of Police, Punjab has granted Director General’s
Commendation Disc to Sh. Simratpal Singh Dhindsa, AIG/CI/Operations, Sh.
Bhupinder Singh Khatra, SP/Rajpura and Sh. Tejinderjit Singh Virk, DSP/Counter
Intelligence in recognition of the good work done by these officers in
developing the available operational leads and conducting the tracking and
trapping of the infamous drug racketeers. In addition, the Director General of
Police, Punjab has also granted local rank promotions to 5 police officials,
including three from the Counter Intelligence Wing and two from district
Patiala for the good work done. Two Head Constables of Counter Intelligence and
one HC of district Patiala have been promoted to the local rank of
Assistant Sub Inspector, one ASI of Counter Intelligence and one ASI of
district Patiala have been promoted to the local rank of Sub Inspector.
Further
investigations in the drug racket are being conducted in order to completely
expose the networking and contacts in an end-to-end manner. Liaison with
outside agencies, other police organizations, examination of equipments and
documents recovered from the Patel Nagar hideout of Jagdish Bhola is being done
by the Counter Intelligence Wing under the supervision of Sh. Gaurav Yadav,
Inspector General of Police/Counter Intelligence. The arrested persons were
today produced in the concerned courts where police remand for their further
custodial interrogation was secured. Further investigations are ongoing.
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