Punjab: 15 kg of heroin, ₹8.4 lakh drug money recovered from juvenile in Amritsar

Punjab Police chief Gaurav Yadav says the minor was detained at a checkpoint, while the mastermind of the trans-border narcotics smuggling racket, Resham Singh, is on the run

A boy was caught with 15 kg of heroin in Amritsar, Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav said on Thursday.

Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav said a boy was detained with 15 kg of heroin and ₹8.4 lakh drug money at a checkpoint on Ram Tirath Road in Amritsar on Thursday. (Twitter)

Police recovered ₹8.4 lakh from the minor, who was detained at a police checkpoint on Ram Tirath Road in Amritsar.

“In an intelligence-led operation, #CI Amritsar arrested a juvenile and recovered 15 kg of heroin along with ₹8.4 lakh drug money from him at naka (checkpoint) on Ram Tirath Road, Amritsar,” the DGP said in a tweet.

He said the mastermind of the trans-border narcotics smuggling racket, Resham Singh, is on the run.

A case was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act in Amritsar.