Amritsar police seize Rs 1.07 crore in drug money, arrest two foreign-based smugglers

CHANDIGARH: The counter intelligence wing of Amritsar police has seized Rs 1.07 crore in drug money and apprehended two operatives of foreign-based smugglers Gurjant Singh alias Bholu and Kinderbir Singh alias Sunny Dyal.

Punjab Police chief Gaurav Yadav said on Sunday that those arrested have been identified as Dilbag Singh, a resident of Lohka village in Tarn Taran, and Kamaldeep Singh, a resident of Patti in Tarn Taran. Police teams have seized a money counting machine, two mobile phones and a car used by them.

DGP Yadav said the counter intelligence wing received intel of foreign-based smugglers Bholu and Dyal running a syndicate involved in drug trafficking and illegal weapons’ distribution across Punjab and tasked their operatives to collect the drug money and send them using Hawala route.

The two operatives have been arrested from a rented house at Fatehgarh Churian Road, Amritsar. Both were in contact with Bholu and Dyal via encrypted messages.

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