Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday hailed the Modi government for securing the deportation of alleged narco-trafficking kingpin Navpreet Singh from Türkiye, describing the development as a “historic milestone”.
Today he has been brought back to India and put behind bars in connection with cases involving drug trafficking and other crimes he is accused of. “Obtaining Turkish citizenship under the fake identity of Navab Virk, he had continued to smuggle heroin and methamphetamine to India from Afghanistan. Our agencies tracked him down, ripping apart veil after veil to unmask his true identity, and secured his deportation. The Home Minister congratulated all the agencies involved in the operation and reiterated the government’s commitment to tackling drug trafficking.
Prabhdeep, who had been absconding since 2023, was brought back to India from Baku by a three-member Special Cell team after completion of extradition formalities, police said. Earlier reporting noted: Hardened narco-trafficking kingpin Navpreet Singh deported from Turkiye: Amit Shah Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (October 3, 2026) said that hardened narco-trafficking kingpin Navpreet Singh has been deported from Turkiye. Singh was deported to India on Saturday (October 3, 2026) in connection with cases involving drug trafficking and other crimes.
Shah said the government had secured Singh’s deportation after Indian agencies tracked him down and established his identity. “Modi govt has achieved a historic milestone by securing the deportation of hardened narco-trafficking kingpin Navpreet Singh from Türkiye,” Shah said in a post on social media platform X. Singh had obtained Turkish citizenship using the fake identity of Navab Virk and continued to smuggle heroin and methamphetamine from Afghanistan to India, according to Shah. Congratulations to all the agencies for this success,” he said. Shah had then said that the Narcotics Control Bureau had achieved a breakthrough in securing Dola’s return from Türkiye. He said Dola’s arrest reflected the government’s resolve to bring narcotics fugitives and members of organised crime syndicates to justice. Shah said that Mr. Shah said that the accused obtained Turkish citizenship under the fake identity of Navab Virk and had continued to smuggle heroin and methamphetamine to India from Afghanistan.
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