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Chandigarh, December 15
Close on the heels of recovery of ice drug from the Jammu border, the Punjab Police today said another attempt was being made by Pakistan agencies to smuggle drugs into the region through a terrorist network.
Accused was in touch with jail inmates
Lakhbir Singh was in contact with four major drug smugglers of Ajnala, who are lodged in Amritsar jail
A search in the prison led to the recovery of a smartphone from Lakhbir’s associate Surjit Masih, a drug peddler
Simranjit Singh, another inmate, persuaded Lakhbir to purchase a drone for cross-border smuggling
DGP Dinkar Gupta said in a press statement that the Amritsar (rural) police had arrested two members of a module using drones for cross-border smuggling of narcotics and weapons through an international network, including Pakistan-based smugglers with links to Khalistani operatives.