Top Heroin supplier among 5 held with cash, sharp-edged weapon in Samba

85 Hardcore Narco suppliers arrested in short span: SSP Samba Benam Tosh

SAMBA, 24 January 2024: Samba Police has arrested a top heroin supplier with huge cash and four Punjab-based hardcore aiders and abettors of heroin smugglers with huge Indian currency and ‘Toka’ in the jurisdiction of PS Bari Brahmana and PS Samba respectively.

The arrested accused have been identified as top heroin supplier Farman Ali alias “Munna” r/o A/P Balole Khad Bari Brahmana, Shubham alias Shubi s/o Kishan r/o Lohari Gate Amritsar, Sukhchain Singh alias Bobi s/o Shamsher Singh r/o Chhahrta Amritsar, Bablu alias Rocky s/o Pappu r/o Chhahrta Amritsar and Mohit Sharma s/o Rajesh Pal r/o Chawal road Amritsar.

Farman Ali alias “Munna” was arrested on the information of illicitly transferring huge money amounting to 4.50 lakh to a Punjab-based big heroin smuggler instead of ‘Chitta’ and possessing huge Indian currency amounting to Rs. 129000.00 and heroin worth rupees 28000.00 approx. A case FIR No.06/2024 u/s 8/21/22/27-A/29 NDPS Act has been registered against him at Police Station Bari Brahmana and investigation is underway under the supervision of SDPO, ASP Bari Brahmana Mukund Tibrewal and SHO Bari Brahmana Sumit Sharma.

Earlier, cases including case FIR No.147/2023 u/s 8/21/22/25/27-A/29 NDPS Act and case FIR No. 231/2023 u/s 8/21/22/25/27-A/29 NDPS Act were registered against him in Police Station Bari Brahmana. Munna was operating from the infamous ‘Chitta’ hotspot of Balole Khad and was supplying heroin to small drug peddlers & addicted youth of Samba as well as adjoining districts.

Four hardcore Punjab-based criminals, who are aiders and abettors of heroin smugglers, have been arrested in Samba with sharp-edged weapon ‘Toka’ & Indian currency amounting to rupees 1.15 lakh.

A case FIR number 26/2024 under Section 4/25 Arms Act has been registered against them in Police Station Samba and the investigation is underway under the supervision of DySP Hqrs Samba Bhishm Dubey and SHO Samba Daljit Singh. Additional SSP Samba Surinder Choudhary is monitoring the investigation of the case.

SSP Samba Benam Tosh said that the police are playing a proactive role in wiping out deadly heroin menace and 85 narco-smugglers have been arrested in a short span of 1 year.