60kg heroin of ‘int'l cartel' seized, 9 held from multiple states
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Jaisalmer: Punjab Police in collaboration with
Border Security Force
(BSF) and Rajasthan Police busted an international drug cartel and seized 60.3 kg of heroin from near India-Pakistan border in Barmer, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said Monday.
This cartel was operated by Pakistani smuggler Tanveer Shah and Canada-based handler Joban Kaler, he said.
Nine traffickers of this cartel and hawala operators from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Jammu & Kashmir have been arrested, the DGP said.
"Punjab Police has achieved a significant success against drugs. Under an operation, 60.302 kg of heroin has been seized. We dismantled a major gang, leading to arrests from multiple states. We remain committed to combating
drug trafficking
and narco-terrorism.
Our goal is to make Punjab drug-free and protect the youth from this menace," Yadav said.
According to the DGP, this operation was based on months of intensive surveillance and intelligence gathering. Police utilised modern technologies and inter-state coordination to track the drug cartel's network. Interrogation of the arrested individuals is ongoing .
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