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An Army man, a dismissed Punjab Police personnel, and 2 women were among six radical arrested connected Sunday (February 22, 2026) arsenic the State constabulary unearthed a well-organised heroin trafficking network.
The accused were progressive successful aggregate cause trafficking cases, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said.
In an X post, helium said, "In a breakthrough, Faridkot Police, aft a two-month-long jail-based interception, busts a well-organised heroin trafficking network, apprehends six accused, including 1 Army unit and 1 dismissed constabulary personnel, and recovers 4.8 kilograms of heroin, 1 weapon, and a Thar and an XUV." The DGP said an FIR has been registered, and further probe is underway to found guardant and backward linkages.
In a aboriginal statement, helium said the breakthrough was the effect of a meticulously planned, intelligence-led cognition and a two-month-long jail-based interception that exposed the cartel's deep-rooted linkages.
Preliminary probe suggests that the accused were successful nonstop interaction with Pakistan-based smugglers, who utilized drones to propulsion heroin consignments into the Indian territory, Mr. Yadav said.
According to a connection from the Punjab Police, those arrested person been identified arsenic Jarnail Singh alias Goldy, a Ludhiana nonmigratory presently serving successful the Indian Army; Amardeep Singh alias Boxer, a Punjab Armed Police cadre worker who was dismissed successful 2021; Dimple Rani of Ferozepur; and Ramandeep Kaur, Sarabjit Singh alias Sabba and Amritpal Singh alias Abhijot, each residents of Moga.
Addressing a quality league successful Faridkot, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Pragya Jain said that isolated from the contraband, the constabulary seized cause wealth worthy ₹30,000 and impounded 2 vehicles — Thar and XUV-500 — which the accused were utilizing for cause trafficking.
Ms. Jain said the engagement of a serving Army unit and a erstwhile constabulary authoritative points to a blase web susceptible of exploiting organization cognition for cause trafficking.
"They misused their authoritative recognition cards for casual transition done nakas and toll plazas. Taking on women accomplices successful the vehicles portion transporting the consignment besides points to a well-thought-out modus operandi," she said.
The 2 women — Dimple Rani and Ramandeep Kaur — were actively progressive successful the cause web and utilized to question with the different accused, she added.
The SSP said they established backward linkages and recovered that the mastermind was Boxer, the dismissed policeman, who was a habitual offender with 9 erstwhile transgression cases registered against him, portion astir different members besides person important transgression records nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Arms Act.
"Boxer faces 9 cases, of which 2 are registered successful Haryana's Sirsa and 1 lawsuit by Punjab's Counter-Intelligence," she said.
Explaining the root of the constabulary probe, she said that sometime ago, Faridkot Police had arrested a idiosyncratic and recovered immoderate weapons from him. “The consequent probe into this web and quality quality led to the palmy busting of the existent network,” she said.
In the aboriginal hours of February 21, constabulary intercepted the Thar successful which Army antheral Jarnail Singh was travelling on with Sarabjit Singh, Amritpal Singh, and Ramandeep Kaur. On checking the vehicle, they recovered 1.08 kilograms of heroin and ₹30,000 worthy of cause money.
During sustained questioning, the 4 radical revealed that Boxer was the mastermind of the smuggling network. He was traced and arrested on with Dimple Rani. An XUV 500, implicit 3.7 kilograms of heroin, an amerciable limb and cartridges were recovered from them, SSP Ms. Jain said.
"We recovered hooks connected the heroin packets, indicating that the consignment was a drone-dropped delivery," she said, adding, "A jailed idiosyncratic is progressive successful the module. We volition bring him connected a accumulation warrant and stitchery much information." On the person's identity, Ms. Jain said it cannot beryllium disclosed astatine the infinitesimal arsenic it could hamper the ongoing investigation.
"It was recovered that the module was utilizing a mobile telephone successful jail, done which this idiosyncratic was issuing instructions. We person brought up the substance with the jailhouse authorities," she added.
Police person obtained remand of each the accused. Further probe volition specifically absorption connected handlers operating from crossed the borderline and section organisation points, she said.
