The accused couple in police custody in Gurdaspur on Saturday. Tribune photo
Ravi Dhaliwal
Tribune News sERVICE
Gurdaspur, January 6
A Rs 4-crore pure grade heroin haul from a peon of the Gurdaspur Municipal Committee (MC) has shocked residents in this border district where such large-scale narcotic recoveries are often made near the wire fencing at the international border.
Peon Bharat Gill and his wife Anita Gill were nabbed around midnight after their car was searched at a check post on the Bariar bypass and the contraband recovered. The couple was coming from Amritsar.
SSP Harcharan Singh Bhullar said the couple had been under the scanner for quite some time. “DSP (Special branch) Gurbans Singh Bains was entrusted with the task of keeping a track on them after we received concrete information that they were bringing in a large consignment from Amritsar,” said the SSP.
Bharat told the police that his brother Amit Gill, alias Gori, ran a smuggling racket from inside the Kapurthala jail and he (Bharat) was just a small player in it. Amit Gill is serving jail term in an NDPS case. DSP Bains, who was following the movements of the accused couple for the last fortnight, said Amit Gill kept a mobile phone with him through which he used to coordinate with his colleagues over smuggling activities.
The Kapurthala jail authorities have been alerted over the matter.
“We are still investigating the extent of the smuggling racket run by the Gill family. Questioning of Bharat has revealed that he was bringing the consignment from Tarn Taran. As it happens in such cases, he was trying to dodge the police by taking a circuitous route to enter Gurdaspur. This is just a tip of the iceberg. We have indeed stumbled upon something big,” the DSP added.
Cops were keeping tabs on duo
Peon Bharat Gill and his wife Anita Gill were nabbed late on Friday night after their car was searched at a check post on the Bariar bypass and the contraband recovered. The couple was coming from Amritsar. SSP Harcharan Singh Bhullar said the couple was under the scanner for quite some time.
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Our Correspondent
Ferozepur, January 6
Posted at: Jan 7, 2018, 12:57 AM; last updated: Jan 7, 2018, 2:10 AM (IST)
Officials of the CI Wing nabbed a wanted cross-border drug peddler and recovered contraband worth Rs 1.25 crore, besides Rs 4 lakh from him on Friday evening. Narinder Pal Singh Sidhu, AIG, Counter Intelligence Wing of Punjab Police, Ferozepur, said a few days ago, the CI Wing and the BSF had arrested a drug peddler.
At that time, the main culprit, Surjit Singh of Pojo Ke Uthar village in Mamdot block, had escaped. However, on Friday, the CI nabbed Surjit and recovered 270 gm of heroin and Rs 4 lakh from him. Sidhu said during the last six months, 15 notorious drug smugglers had been nabbed by the CI Wing. “Besides, the CI has recovered 36 kg heroin, 200 gm of opium, Rs 22.70 lakh drug money etc in this period,” said AIG Sidhu.
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Gurdaspur, January 7
The Border Security Force (BSF) seized over 19-kg heroin, valued at around Rs 100 crore in the international market, from the Adhian border outpost in Dorangla area of Gurdaspur district today, an official said.
BSF troops detected suspicious activity near the fence early this morning, he said, adding that the troops challenged the smugglers, who did not pay heed to the warning.
The BSF personnel then fired a few rounds, following which the smugglers escaped using the cover of darkness, the official said.
A search operation was launched and 19 packets of heroin, weighing 1 kg each, were found. Officials said a plastic pipe had also been recovered. The recovery was made after the BSF troops with the Punjab Police. Sources said Pakistani-based smugglers pushed the contraband into the Indian side, taking advantage of the early-morning fog.
The BSF had seized 7-kg heroin, estimated to be worth Rs 35 crore in the international market, at the same outpost in March last year.
Yesterday, Rs 4-crore heroin was seized from a peon of the Gurdaspur Municipal Committee. Peon Bharat Gill and his wife, Anita Gill, were nabbed after their car was searched at a check post on the Bariar bypass and the contraband recovered. The couple was on its way here from Amritsar. — PTI & TNS
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Tribune News Service
Srinagar, January 7
The J&K Police have arrested two persons and recovered demonetised currency of Rs 50 lakh from their possession in Srinagar.
A police party of Baghiyas police post led by Sub-Inspector Ajaz Ahmad apprehended two persons during checking near Batboni Baghiyas and recovered the demonetised currency from their possession, the police said.
The accused were identified as Nazir Ahmad Rather of Syedpora, Rafiabad and Akeel Ahmad Khan of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
“Accordingly, cognisance was taken under The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017, and further investigation was started in the case.
The accused persons will be presented before the court for judicial determination,” a police spokesman said.