Punjab Police seize 2 kg heroin, Chinese pistols, bullets smuggled from Pakistan by drone

Punjab Police on Sunday said it has arrested a person and seized from him two kilogram heroin, eight Chinese pistols, 60 bullets and smuggled into India by a drone from Pakistan, an official said.

A Punjab Police official said the accused has been identified as Paramjit Singh, a resident of Havlian village in Tarn Taran district.

The official said the police had specific information that a consignment of arms, ammunition and drugs would be smuggled from Pakistan through a drone.

The drone dropped the consignment inside the Indian territory on Friday and Singh retrieved it on Saturday, police said.

Singh was nabbed after his car was intercepted by a police team at Ajnala road on Sunday morning.