Chandigarh Police’s Role in Busting Drug Networks

Chandigarh Police’s Role in Busting Drug Networks
Intelligence Gathering: Acted on secret tips about two international gangs operating from Punjab jails and Delhi24.
Checkpoint Operations: Set up nakas (checkpoints) near ISBT Sector 43 and border areas, leading to arrests of Akashdeep Singh (with 297.40g heroin) and Shamsher Singh after a chase34.
Cross-Border Coordination: Traced one gang’s links to ISI agents in Pakistan, investigating hawala transactions and drone-based drug supply16.
Jail Production Warrants: Obtained custody of Gurlal Singh (key accused) from Goindwal Jail, Punjab, to unravel interstate connections23.
Recoveries: Seized heroin (297.40g), cocaine (47.10g), a pistol, drug money, and vehicles26.
International Nexus: Arrested Tanzanian national Shufaa (based in Delhi) with cocaine, exposing cross-border drug routes26.
Follow-Up Investigations: Probing financial trails, property purchases via drug money, and ties to jailed gangsters13.
The Operations Cell, led by Inspector Ranjit Singh under IPS Geetanjali Khandelwal, executed targeted raids and collaborative probes to dismantle the networks13.