A 26-year-old armyman and his aide have been arrested with 31kg heroin on Saturday.

The accused, Harmeet Kamboj, was posted as a sepoy in Pathankot. He was arrested alongside together with his aide, Paramjeet Singh of Fazilka. Their automobile, a Hyundai Verna with an Uttar Pradesh registration quantity, was impounded, and their telephones have been seized.

Punjab director basic of police Gaurav Yadav stated, “In a joint operation, the central agencies, Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police led by senior superintendent of police Bhupinder Singh Sidhu launched a cordon and search operation in Sadar Fazilka. During the operation, a Verna car was stopped for checking. An occupant flourished an Indian army identity card, but when the cops insisted on checking the vehicle, the accused sped away in their car.”

The police groups instantly strengthened all checkpoints and managed to hint the accused on the Gagan-Shamshabad Road. “On checking the vehicle, 29 packets of heroin were seized,” he stated.

Deputy inspector basic (DIG, Ferozepur Range) Ranjit Singh Dhillon stated, “The accused had received the drug consignment from Pakistan-based smugglers, who had pushed the drugs through the border fencing with a pipe.” A case was registered underneath sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.