Punjab Police nabs kingpin of international drug smuggling case
5 months ago

Punjab Police nabs kingpin of international drug smuggling case

Hindustan Times  

Punjab Police in a joint operation with a central agency has apprehended Simranjot Sandhu, the kingpin of the 2020 case involving the smuggling of 487 kg cocaine in Germany. According to director general of police Gaurav Yadav, Sandhu is a key lynchpin of an international drug cartel and is wanted in Germany for drugs-related offences. “Punjab Police is committed to dismantle the drug networks and make our state drug-free as per the directions of Hon’ble CM,” the DGP wrote in a post on X. Sandhu, a native of Amritsar, is wanted in India in a drug-trafficking case wherein 300 kg heroin was smuggled from Pakistan to Mandvi in Gujarat through the sea route in 2018. In January 2020, the Punjab STF had recovered 194-kg heroin and chemicals from a house in Sultanwind area of Amritsar, which was registered in the name of former member of the Subordinate Service Selection Board Anwar Masih on the disclosure of one Sukhbir Singh, alias Happy, who was arrested with 6 kg heroin in Mohali.

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