SAMBA POLICE ACHIEVED MAJOR SUCCESS, ARRESTED 2 INTERSTATE HEROIN SMUGGLERS WITH 400 G HEROIN VALUING RS. 28.00 LACS APPROX IN INTERNATIONAL MARKET

70 NARCO-SUPPLIERS ARRESTED IN SAMBA IN PAST EIGHT MONTHS: SSP SAMBA BENAM TOSH

Samba, September 15 : Under the overall supervision of Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Benam Tosh, Police has achieved a major success by arresting two interstate heroin smugglers and recovering 400 G of heroin valuing rupees 28.00 lacs approx. in international market from their possession. The arrested interstate heroin smugglers have been identified as : Sourab Deep Singh s/o Major Singh r/o Village Sultan tehsil Amritsar (Punjab) and Karan Singh s/o Baljeet Singh r/o Sultan tehsil Amritsar (Punjab). The heroin smugglers were smuggling heroin from Punjab to Samba district for further supplying.A case FIR No. 129/2023 u/s 8/21/22/27-A/29 NDPS Act has been registered at Police Station Vijaypur and investigation is underway.The interstate heroin smugglers have been arrested by the District Anti-NDPS Team and Police Station team headed by SHO Police Station Vijaypur Sandeep Charak under the supervision of SDPO Vijaypur Rohit Kumar and Additional SP Samba Surinder Choudhary. Senior Superintendent of Police Samba, Benam Tosh said that total seventy (70) hardcore narco-suppliers including thirteen (13) female narco-suppliers have been arrested in past eight months and several others have been booked under law. Samba district is no more a safe haven for heroin smugglers & suppliers and nor a safe market for illicit narco trade. All heroin hotspots & hide-outs of smugglers have been smashed by police and isolated attempts of smuggling and supplying are being dealt with sternly under law. Habitual heroin suppliers are being detained and lodged in Jail under stringent PITNDPS Act also.