The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sarpanch from Tarn Taran district in connection with a cross-border drug smuggling case involving a Punjab Police constable who was caught with 15 kg of heroin.
Constable Karandeep Singh was attached to the Punjab Police’s anti-drone unit.
Lakhwinder Singh, former sarpanch of Rajoke village, was among three people arrested by the NCB in the latest round of action on Tuesday. The other two accused have been identified as Babbu alias Vishal, a resident of Bhuse village, and Sukhmanpreet Kaur from Delhi. Investigators suspect that Karandeep Singh was working with Lakhwinder Singh and sharing sensitive information about anti-drone operations along the India-Pakistan border. The constable was attached to the Punjab Police’s anti-drone unit, tasked with intercepting consignments of drugs and weapons dropped from across the border.
The arrests come six days after constable Karandeep Singh was taken into custody on October 14.
