A man was arrested on Sunday and 532 kg heroin with an approximate market value of Rs 2,700 crore seized by the Customs Department at the Wagah-Attari border in what is being described by the department as the biggest drug bust in its history.
Apart from the heroin, 532 kg of a mixed narcotic substance was also seized at the Integrated Check Post (ICP), Amritsar.
The contraband was being smuggled from Pakistan via the trade route.
Kashmiri salt trader Tarik Ahmad Lone was arrested and Amritsar-based importer, Gurpinder Singh was detained by the Customs in the case. Pakistan exporter, Global Vision Impex, Wagah, Lahore had sent the consignment into India for Kanishk Enterprise ASR owned by Gurpinder.
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