Tarn Taran (Punjab) [India], March 30 (ANI): Tarn Taran Police dismantled a trans-border drug network, arresting two smugglers and recovering 6 kg of heroin.

Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav took to the social media platform X to announce the dismantling of the trans-border drug smuggling network.

The post stated, 'Acting swiftly on forward and backward linkages, Tarn Taran Police dismantles a trans-border narco-smuggling network and arrests two drug smugglers, Hardeep Singh @ Deep & Harjeet Singh, both residents of Thathi Sohal, #TarnTaran, and recovers 6 Kg of Heroin. Preliminary investigation reveals role of #Pakistan-based smugglers who sent the contrabands.'

The arrested smugglers, Hardeep Singh alias Deep and Harjeet Singh, are residents of Thathi Sohal and have prior criminal records.

An FIR under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered, and further investigations are ongoing.

Meanhwile, Amritsar Commissionerate Police on March 23 busted a cross-border drug cartel with the arrest of a woman kingpin and her three operatives after recovering 5.2 kg heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav.

She has been identified as Mandeep Kaur (27), a resident of village Ibban Kalan in Amritsar

The other arrested operatives have been identified as Alam Arora (23) and Manmeet alias Golu (21), both residents of Janta Colony in Chheharta, Amritsar; and an 18-years-old boy (name withheld) of Tarn Taran.

DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that accused Mandeep Kaur was in a relationship with a person, who introduced her to Pakistan-based smugglers. Accused Mandeep's ancestral house is located in border village Khalra in Tarn Taran, which is approximately 2 kilometres from the fencing of the Indo-Pak border, he said.

The DGP said that the probe has also uncovered evidence that the accused Mandeep, would occasionally don a police uniform to impersonate a police officer to carry out nefarious activities. Further investigations are on to establish backwards and forward linkages in this case, he added. (ANI)