Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Punjab Police dismantled an inter-state opium smuggling syndicate operating from Jharkhand with the arrest of two major drug traffickers after recovering 66 kg of opium which they kept hidden in specially designed and manufactured compartments underneath of his Maruti Swift car. Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said here on Friday.
Those arrested have been identified as Sukhyad Singh alias Yad of Dalmir Khera village and Jagraj Singh of Bhamma Singh Wala village in Ferozepur. Apart from recovering a huge haul of opium, the police teams also recovered Rs 40,000 in drug money and 400 grams of gold from his possession, besides seizing his Swift car (PB 05 AC 5015) and a tractor.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said further financial investigation and meticulous monitoring in this case resulted in the discovery of 42 bank accounts that were being used for financial transactions by the organized opium syndicate. "Following a financial trail in less than 24 hours, Fazilka police have frozen all 42 bank accounts with a huge amount of Rs 1.86 crore from drug proceeds," he said.
The DGP said the Fazilka police also initiated the property seizure process under section 68F of the NDPS Act. More research is being done to trace forward and backward links, he added.
Sharing the details of the operation, SSP Fazilka Dr. Pragya Jain said that they have received reliable information about the arrested accused that they are in the habit of transporting opium from Jharkhand and that they would return from Jharkhand to Dalmir Khera via Sri Ganganagar on their fast car with a substantial amount. of opium.
Acting quickly on inputs, SHO Khuian Sarvar Raman Kumar Police Station along with a police party established a strategic Nakabandi on Abohar-Ganganagar road at Bus Stand Sappan Wali village under the supervision of DSP Abohar Arun Mundan and intercepted with success as specified. vehicle, he said he.
He said that despite the driver's attempt to flee, the police successfully detained the two accused and recovered 66 kg of opium and Rs 40,000 in drug money from their possession. During the intense chase, a police officer was also injured, he added.
SSP Dr Pragya Jain said police teams have also identified the big fish behind this syndicate and the latter has been involved in smuggling for over two decades and is facing at least nine criminal cases for attempted murder and theft, under the Excise Act and the NDPS. Act. "We have nominated him in the FIR and raids are being carried out to nab him," he said.
A case FIR No. 71 dated June 26, 2024 has been registered under sections 18 (punishment for contravention in relation to poppy and opium), 27A (who engages in financing or harboring drug traffickers) and 29 (punishment for criminal abetment and conspiracy) of the NDPS Act at Khuian Sarwar police station.
Those arrested have been identified as Sukhyad Singh alias Yad of Dalmir Khera village and Jagraj Singh of Bhamma Singh Wala village in Ferozepur. Apart from recovering a huge haul of opium, the police teams also recovered Rs 40,000 in drug money and 400 grams of gold from his possession, besides seizing his Swift car (PB 05 AC 5015) and a tractor.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said further financial investigation and meticulous monitoring in this case resulted in the discovery of 42 bank accounts that were being used for financial transactions by the organized opium syndicate. "Following a financial trail in less than 24 hours, Fazilka police have frozen all 42 bank accounts with a huge amount of Rs 1.86 crore from drug proceeds," he said.
The DGP said the Fazilka police also initiated the property seizure process under section 68F of the NDPS Act. More research is being done to trace forward and backward links, he added.
Sharing the details of the operation, SSP Fazilka Dr. Pragya Jain said that they have received reliable information about the arrested accused that they are in the habit of transporting opium from Jharkhand and that they would return from Jharkhand to Dalmir Khera via Sri Ganganagar on their fast car with a substantial amount. of opium.
Acting quickly on inputs, SHO Khuian Sarvar Raman Kumar Police Station along with a police party established a strategic Nakabandi on Abohar-Ganganagar road at Bus Stand Sappan Wali village under the supervision of DSP Abohar Arun Mundan and intercepted with success as specified. vehicle, he said he.
He said that despite the driver's attempt to flee, the police successfully detained the two accused and recovered 66 kg of opium and Rs 40,000 in drug money from their possession. During the intense chase, a police officer was also injured, he added.
SSP Dr Pragya Jain said police teams have also identified the big fish behind this syndicate and the latter has been involved in smuggling for over two decades and is facing at least nine criminal cases for attempted murder and theft, under the Excise Act and the NDPS. Act. "We have nominated him in the FIR and raids are being carried out to nab him," he said.
A case FIR No. 71 dated June 26, 2024 has been registered under sections 18 (punishment for contravention in relation to poppy and opium), 27A (who engages in financing or harboring drug traffickers) and 29 (punishment for criminal abetment and conspiracy) of the NDPS Act at Khuian Sarwar police station.
