Punjab cops nab drug lord from Sirsa

In a major catch, Punjab Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta on Saturday said Ranjeet Rana 'Cheeta', who was wanted in 532 kg heroin haul from the Indo-Pakistan border in June last year, was arrested from Sirsa.

Sirsa (Haryana):In a major breakthrough, the Punjab police have arrested Ranjeet Rana 'Cheeta' one of the biggest drug smugglers of India from Sirsa district of Haryana, who was wanted in 532 kg heroin haul from the Indo-Pakistan border in June last year.

Punjab Police arrested two drug smugglers, Ranjeet Rana Cheeta and his brother Gagandeep Bhola from Sirsa in Haryana, informed Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta on Saturday.

"Following up further on arrests of Hizbul operatives in J&K and Punjab, police juggernaut moved further to nab Ranjeet Rana Cheeta of Amritsar, one of the biggest drug smugglers of India from Sirsa today. Cheeta was wanted in 532 kg heroin haul from Attari in June 2019," Gupta tweeted.

The Punjab DGP informed via his official twitter handle that the duo was arrested from Begu village in Sirsa .

"Ranjeet Rana and his brother Gagandeep Bhola arrested from Begu village in Sirsa, Haryana. Ranjit Rana Cheeta, suspected to have smuggled in heroin and other drugs from Pakistan, camouflaged in as many as 6 rock salt consignments through ICP Amritsar between 2018-2019," read his subsequent tweet.

In the biggest seizure of narcotics coming from Pakistan in recent years, the Customs Department on June 30, 2019, seized 532 kg heroin valued at nearly Rs 2,600 crore from the Attari border.

The heroin was concealed in gunny bags of a rock salt consignment that was coming from Pakistan. Smuggling of drugs along Punjab's 553-km long border with Pakistan is common.

With inputs from agencies