Overview
- Punjab Police on May 20–21 arrested five people in separate Amritsar and Ferozepur operations and seized about 12 kg of methamphetamine (ICE) and 14 kg of heroin across those actions.
- A Punjab Counter‑Intelligence unit separately recovered 5.5 kg of heroin plus four pistols and 10 cartridges, showing police found both commercial drug consignments and illegal arms in these modules.
- Officials say preliminary probes link several Punjab detainees to a Dubai/Abu Dhabi‑based handler and that one arrested man recently returned from Dubai after alleged training to move consignments.
- Parallel enforcement by Maharashtra police, the NCB and Delhi Police produced large seizures and arrests — including 9.7 kg heroin and the capture of an alleged kingpin in Kalyan — indicating coordinated, multi‑jurisdictional action.
- FIRs have been filed under the NDPS Act and investigators are mapping supply routes and financiers; authorities expect further recoveries and arrests and warn that traffickers often recruit vulnerable youth as couriers.