The Amritsar city police have busted a drug and arms racket being operated by a US based handler and two of his accomplices have been arrested.
The two arrested are Roshan of Haer village and Sandeep alias Laddi of Amritsar city. The police have confiscated 19kg heroin, 7 pistols, Rs 23 lakh of drug money besides parts of a drone.
Addressing a press conference in this connection, Amritsar Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said the CIA team received inputs that associates of Mannu Mahawa had retrieved heroin consignment sent by Pakistan-based smugglers from across the border and were on the way to deliver it to someone.
“Acting promptly, the team from CIA Staff-3 conducted a special police checking in the area and arrested both the accused persons when they were waiting for someone to deliver the consignment,” he added.
