Nigerian women held with 3.6 kg heroin

Tarn Taran: Police here arrested a Nigerian woman and a taxi driver with 3.6 kg of heroin during a special operation near the Goindwal bypass on the Amritsar-Bathinda highway.SSP, Tarn Taran, Surender Lamba said the operation was carried out by the CIA Staff, Tarn Taran, under the supervision of inspector Rupinderpal Singh. Acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted a grey taxi near the Goindwal bypass and arrested Bela, a native of Delta State, Nigeria, currently residing in Delhi, along with the driver. During the search, he said, cops seized the contraband, along with the taxi, one mobile phone, and Rs 1,500 suspected drug money.Taxi driver Dalip Kumar of Noida, Uttar Pradesh, was allegedly assisting the woman in transporting heroin for financial gain.Preliminary investigations revealed that Bela was allegedly part of an international drug trafficking network linked to Pakistani smugglers and was coordinating heroin consignments smuggled across the India-Pakistan border for supply in Punjab, Delhi and other states, he added.Lamba added that a case has been registered against the accused under Section 21-C of the NDPS Act at City Tarn Taran police station.