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A large quantity of heroin has been recovered from a consignment of brooms from Afghanistan at the Attari border in Amritsar, Punjab. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has received about five and a half kg of heroin from the broom consignment. This consignment was sent by an Afghan smuggler in the name of his Indian wife. The woman and two other people accompanying her are being interrogated in custody. Along with this, the godowns of other trucks carrying broom consignments were sealed.
DRI received information that three-four days ago, a consignment of heroin reached ICP Attari in the name of getting brooms from Afghanistan. After this the DRI team reached ICP Attari and was stopped. A woman and two men accompanying her tried to clear the consignment, were taken into custody by the DRI.
During the investigation, 5.5 kg heroin was recovered in about 4000 pieces in three broom bags filled with small pieces of sugarcane and bamboo. Its price is said to be around Rs 38 crore. Their ends are artificially sealed and labeled Afghan broom. At present, all three have been arrested and raids are being conducted at various places to find out their network.
According to sources, the Afghan smuggler along with his wife created a fake Indian ID to send the consignment of heroin and through it sent the consignment of brooms. It is being told that the Delhi Police arrested the said smuggler and his Indian wife in 2018 and registered a case against them under the NDPS Act.