Navi Mumbai: Punjab-linked drugs cartel supplier arrested, 7L worth heroin seized

Navi Mumbai: The Anti-narcotics cell (ANC) team of the Navi Mumbai crime branch succeeded in arresting a drugs supplier from Amritsar, Punjab, who was transporting heroin and opium to Navi Mumbai through drug peddlers by road transport. The police team also seized Rs 7 lakh worth of heroin from his possession.ANC Senior Inspector Sandeep Nigade informed that the arrested accused, drugs supplier Saheb Singh alias Sabha Joginder Singh (38), was arrested on January 26. He was wanted in 5 FIRs under the NDPS Act registered at APMC, CBD-Belapur, NRI Coastal, Kalamboli and Taloja police stations. To date, the police arrested 28 accused involved in the drugs cartel. A total of around Rs 3.5 crore worth of drugs was seized, including heroin and opium. The arrested accused, Joginder Singh, was remanded to police custody until January 31.SPI Nigade said, "While probing the drugs racket being operated in Navi Mumbai, it was found that the heroin was coming to Maharashtra from Punjab, and the supplier was from Amritsar, Punjab. Through technical expertise, it was found that Singh accepted money online into his own bank account for supplying drugs to peddlers. Our team went to Punjab 3 times to nab Singh, but he was untraceable as he kept changing his mobile and SIM card. However, through technical analysis, we succeeded in getting details of his 4 mobile phones and finally apprehended him. Singh is a history-sheeter, as there are NDPS cases registered against him in Amritsar at Tarantran police station in 2019 and Gharinda police station in 2016."