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A dismissed Assistant Sub-inspector of Punjab Police was arrested for his alleged involvement in smuggling of heroin from Pakistan, police said today.
The accused, identified as Ranjit Singh, was arrested last evening and a Pakistani SIM card and phone contacts with Pakistani numbers were recovered from his possession, SHO of Border police station Ajnala, Jagbir Singh Aulakh said.
His arrest came after Border Security Force (BSF) foiled an attempt of Pakistani smugglers to cross into India on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, he said.
The SHO said that investigation found that Ranjit was the "receiver" of the drug haul and was in contact with Pakistani smugglers, he said.
Ranjit was dismissed from service after it was found that he was involved in a number of drug cases including the seizure of 23 kg heroin by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in 2012. However, he had then managed to slip, Aulakh said.
The accused was living in a village in Ramdas sector along Indo-Pak border where he had purchased agriculture land with fake identity for smuggling drugs consignments from Pakistan, he said.
Ranjit was booked under relevant sections of Indian Passport Act, Foreigners act and Arms act, the SHO said, adding a local court has sent him to five day police remand.
