15 kg Heroin, Rs 8.4 Lakh Cash Recovered From 17-Year-Old Amritsar Boy
NDTV
The juvenile, along with an accomplice identified as Resham Singh of Khasa village in Amritsar, was going to deliver the drug consignment.
A 17-year-old boy was apprehended in Amritsar after 15 kg heroin and Rs 8.40 lakh cash were found in his possession, a top police official said on Thursday.
The juvenile was held at a checkpoint on Ram Tirath Road in the city by teams of the Counter Intelligence (CI) unit of Amritsar based on human inputs, Director General of Punjab Police Gaurav Yadav said.
The juvenile, along with an accomplice identified as Resham Singh of Khasa village in Amritsar, was going to deliver the drug consignment, he said.
Resham Singh, who prima-facie seems to be the mastermind behind the narcotics smuggling racket, managed to flee, Mr Yadav added.