Gurdaspur Police major action: 2 smugglers held with 11 kg heroin

February 8, 2026

In a breakthrough in the campaign to make Punjab a drug-free state, Gurdaspur Police has busted two organised drug networks by arresting two operatives with 11 kg of heroin and Rs 5.75 lakh in drug money. This information was given by the Director General of Police, Punjab, Gaurav Yadav.

The arrested persons have been identified as Mohammad Wasim, a resident of Kasimpur in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, and Harshdeep Singh alias Harsh, a resident of Amritsar. Apart from recovering heroin and drug money, the police teams have also seized the white Honda City car (R.J. 45 CR 2918) and the Hyundai Verna car (CH01A.Z.0888) of the accused, which they used to smuggle drugs.

DGP Gaurav Yadav said that initial investigation has revealed that the arrested accused were in touch with Pakistan-based handlers through their handlers in India. He said that further investigation is being done to trace the back-and-forth links of the network.

Sharing details of the first case, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gurdaspur Aditya said that acting on intelligence information, accused Harshdeep Harsh was arrested with 8 kg heroin and drug money worth Rs 3.5 lakh near the village Chitti in Gurdaspur, when he was going to deliver a consignment of heroin in his Verna car.

The SSP said that in another similar operation, accused Mohammad Waseem was arrested at a checkpoint near Paniyar Sugar Mill in Dina Nagar. He said that during a search of his Honda City car, heroin packed in six packets weighing 3 kg and drug money worth Rs 2.25 lakh were recovered.

He said that further investigation is on and more arrests are likely to be made in the coming days. In this regard, FIR No. 32 dated February 7, 2026 under Sections 21C and 27A of the NDPS Act has been registered at Police Station Dinanagar and FIR No. 11 dated February 7, 2026 under Sections 21C and 27A of the NDPS Act have been registered at Police Station Dorangla.