Overview
- Punjab Police announced Friday that six people were arrested — four adults and two juveniles — after an operation by the Amritsar commissionerate that recovered 1.035 kg of heroin, five pistols, two live cartridges, and Rs 5 lakh.
- Officials said one of the arrested adults is an Afghan national and that preliminary questioning tied the group to supply and distribution routes across the Majha and Doaba regions of Punjab.
- Punjab's director general of police said investigators found evidence the syndicate used social media to procure consignments and acted on instructions from foreign-based handlers.
- An FIR has been registered and police are mapping backward and forward linkages to identify other associates, seek further recoveries, and determine any overseas connections that require multi-jurisdictional cooperation.
- Hawala is an informal money-transfer system often used to move value across borders, and police say the network's alleged use of hawala plus online channels shows how trafficking groups integrate finance and digital tools, which could complicate prosecutions and require wider financial and international probes.