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Punjab Police seize 25 kg heroin

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IANS Chandigarh

The Punjab Police Wednesday said that it had seized 25 kg heroin from a smuggler in Fazilka district of the state.

The heroine consignment is valued at Rs.125 crore in the international market, said Inspector General of Police Jatinder Jain.

The seizure was made by the Bathinda unit of the counter intelligence wing of the police from Hasta Kalan village of Fazilka district.

Police arrested smuggler Gurcharan Singh in this connection and recovered three Pakistani SIM cards, three mobile phones, a car and other things from him, a police spokesman said here.

The heroine consignment was smuggled into India with the help of Pakistani smugglers based in Lahore, police officials said.

 

The Punjab Police had recently seized eight kg heroin from the border belt. The smugglers' gang associated had connections in Pakistan, India, Canada and Malaysia.

--Indo-Asian News Service

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First Published: Feb 18 2015 | 10:48 PM IST

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