According to additional sources, Amarjit travelled to Ahmadabad with Gurwinder to deliver 4.20 lakh for the purchase of drone batteries.
Digital Desk: An assistant to the
case's kingpin was apprehended from Ferozepur on Wednesday morning, about two
months after the Punjab Police and the Maharashtra Police, collaborated to
confiscate 73kg of heroin from the Mumbai port.
On July 16, the drugs were found by
the police hidden within a container of white marbles being imported from the
United Arab Emirates by a Delhi-based importer.
A top official
disclosed that during the investigation, the roles of Gurwinder Singh, a native
of a border village under Amritsar (rural), his cousin Amarjit Singh, and two
other people, based in Amritsar and Tarn Taran, were established.
"Gurwinder, who is purportedly a heroin
addict, apparently devised the entire scheme while working with Pakistani drug
dealer Adil, while Amarjit and two other people helped with logistics.
According to additional sources, Amarjit travelled to Ahmadabad with Gurwinder
to deliver 4.20 lakh for the purchase of drone batteries.
The case under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act was registered against the exporter, shipper, and other
unidentified persons who facilitated the export and import of the contraband.
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