Chandigarh: The Special Task Force (STF) of Punjab has seized 188 Kg heroin and other contrabands from a house in the Sultanwind area of Amritsar district. Six persons, including an Afghanistan national, has been arrested, officials said on Thursday.
The seized heroin which is worth Rs 1,000 crore in the international market, was smuggled into India from Afghanistan via Pakistan, they informed.
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The Special Task Force, Border Range made the recovery late on Thursday night. STF recovered 188 kg heroin, 38 kg dextromethorphan, 25 kg caffeine powder probably used to cut and mix the heroin and six drums of chemical composition weight 207 kg, officials said.
Six persons were arrested from the house where preparation, mixing, and cutting of drugs were taking place.
The Afghan national has come to India a few days ago and his task was to dilute the heroin which was of very high quality to increase its quantity, officials said.
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The questioning of the accused is going on to verify through which route they got the assignment. It is suspected that the drug ring is part of an international network, officials said. (With inputs from PTI)
