Under the guidance of Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Benam Tosh, Samba police has achieved a major success by arresting interstate heroin smuggler possessing 600 Gm of heroin valuing rupees 4 Crores approximately in international market.
The interstate heroin smuggler arrested by Samba Police has been identified as Liaqat Ali @ Lucky s/o Tega r/o Kalichpur tehsil Dinanagar, district Gurdaspur, Punjab.
A case FIR No.109/2023 u/s 8/21/22/25/27-A/29 NDPS Act has been registered at Police Station Ghagwal and investigation is underway.
The interstate heroin smuggler was arrested by police at Rajpura naka immediately after he entered into Samba district from Kathua side adopting border road by a private vehicle which has also been seized by police. A mobile used for heroin smuggling conspiracy has also been seized by police.
Hardcore interstate heroin smuggler was arrested by the police team led by Incharge District Anti-NDPSA Team Inspr Rahul Mahajan & Chowki Officer Rajpura Hardev Singh Slathia under the supervision of DySP Garu Ram, while as investigation is being conducted by Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by SSP Samba for commercial quantity in pursuance of PHQ directions headed by Additional SP Samba Surinder Choudhary with DySP Hqrs, Senior PO Ms Gurpreet Kaur, SHO Police Station Ghagwal as SIT members.
Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Benam Tosh said that heroin smugglers are being dealt with an iron hand in Samba and all the infamous ‘chitta’ hotspots have been almost smashed and isolated acts of drug peddling, supplying & smuggling are being coped with under law.