Heroin seizure: All agencies need to remain more alert, says Punjab STF chief
A day after seizure of the biggest ever drug consignment worth over Rs 2,700 crore from a truck entering India from Pakistan through Attari, the Punjab's anti-drug STF chief Monday asked all enforcement agencies to be extremely alert in border districts.
The seizure of heroin brings to the fore the fact that drug peddlers in Pakistan are active and are desperately trying to push heroin into India, said Special Task Force (Anti-Drug) chief Gurpreet Kaur Deo.
All (enforcement) agencies need to be more alert, she added, expressing fears that this route could again be used by drug smugglers across the border to push narcotics into India.
Amritsar Customs Department Sunday seized 532 kg of suspected heroin worth over Rs 2,700 crore from a truck entering India from Pakistan through the trade route at the Attari border.
The consignment of heroin and another 52 kg of suspected mixed narcotics were concealed in hundreds of bags of rock salt laden in the truck which arrived at Attari from ...