6 arrested in cross-border narco smuggling racket in Chandigarh
In a major crackdown on a cross-border drug smuggling network, the Chandigarh Police Crime Branch has arrested six persons, including a woman, and unearthed an interstate and international narcotics syndicate linked to a Pakistan-based handler. Drugs worth Rs 1.25 crore have been seized.
The action was taken based on an FIR registered on August 5 under Section 21 of the NDPS Act at the Police Station Crime, Chandigarh. The case was cracked by a team comprising SP (Crime) Jasbir Singh, DSP (Crime) Dhiraj Kumar, and SHO Satvinder Singh.
The operation began on August 5 when ASI Naseeb Singh, during patrol duty, received a tip-off and recovered 54 grams of cocaine from Pooja, daughter of a notorious drug peddler from Sector 38, Chandigarh. Following her arrest and disclosure, multip...