By Punjabnewswire4u
TARN TARAN, OCT 1
The Tarn Taran
police, in a joint operation with the State Special Operations Cell (SSOC), has
busted a major racket in trafficking of heroin and recovered 19 kg of heroin
worth Rs. 95 crores in the international market on the disclosure of Rachpal
Singh s/o Milkha Singh r/o Ramuwal, PS Tarn Taran, the kingpin of the racket
who was in touch with Pak-based smugglers, Indian officials and contacts at the
Indian end. A case FIR no. 155 dated 1-10-2013 u/s 21 NDPS Act has been
registered in PS Sarhali, district Tarn Taran in this regard an three
persons namely Rachpal Singh s/o Milkha Singh r/o village Ramuwal, PS Tarn
Taran, Gurwinder Singh s/o Malkiat Singh r/o village Ramuwal, PS Tarn Taran and
Gurpreet Singh s/o Sukhwinder Singh r/o village Chuslewar, PS Patti, Tarn Taran
have been arrested.
In a recent meeting
of all the district SSPs, Police Commissioners and other field officers held by
Mr Sumedh Singh, IPS, Director General
of Police, Punjab at Chandigarh clear directions were issued to all field
officers to focus on the drug trafficking rackets and expose them completely
from end-to-end including the supply end in Pakistan and the receiving end in
India, and any intermediaries. Drive against drug trafficking in the state has
been an ongoing exercise and all the field officers have been sensitized to be
pro-active on this front.
Mr. Rajjit Singh, SSP, Tarn Taran said that the district
police, in compliance with instructions of the Director General of Police, had
listed out the main smugglers, charted the trafficking routes and has been
working in a systematic manner to expose and smash the drug racket, with
special focus on high quality drugs like heroin.
He said that the kingpin of the heroin trafficking
racket, Rachpal Singh was earlier arrested by the district police. After his
arrest, a sustained operation was launched by the district police jointly with
the State Special Operations Cell (SSOC) which has fructified today with
recovery of 19 kgs of heroin and unravelling of the complete racket.
He revealed that during investigations, 19 kgs of heroin
was recovered by the district police in village Sarhali and a case FIR No. 155
dated 1-10-2013 u/s 21 NDPS Act has been registered regarding this recovery in
PS Sarhali. The preliminary questioning of Rachpal Singh revealed that he was
in touch with important Pakistan smugglers for receiving consignments of
heroin, including Abad Ali r/o Sharinwala, Lahore and Zulfikar r/o
Sehjra, Kasoor who were his main suppliers of heroin. Necessary liaison with
central agencies is being done in this regard. Rachpal Singh has further
disclosed the main Indian smugglers to whom heroin was being supplied and an
operation has been being launched to nab them, he added.
He pointed out that the drug racket led by its kingpin
Rachpal Singh had managed to compromise certain low-level officials of the
Border Security Force (BSF) who connived in the crossing of consignments across
the border. It was informed that Gurwinder Singh, a smuggler of village Ramuwal
itself and a member of the drug racket had fixed a meeting with constable
Gurpreet Singh of the BSF in village Muglani, near Khadoor Sahib. Upon receipt
of this specific information, a trap was laid by a police party of the State
Special Operations Cell (SSOC) and smuggler Gurwinder Singh, alongwith
constable Gurpreet Singh were nabbed at the RV point today.
He further said that the ouestioning of all the three
arrested persons is being conducted for gathering more information on the
supply end in Pakistan, possible connivance by other officials on the Indian
side, and the Indian smugglers at the receiving end. The arrested persons will
be produced in the court where police remand for their further questioning will
be sought. Further investigations are ongoing.
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