Ludhiana: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Jalandhar, carried out an attack in nine places inside and around Amritsar, including the house of a former sad leader Anwar still and the location in Gurdaspur.
In a raid that concluded on Saturday, Rs 63 lakh in cash and foreign currency worth RS 16 lakh found from home and money exchangers.
Money has been confiscated.
The latest Raids were carried out in connection with the confiscation of 188kg heroin by the Punjab Police Special Task Force (STF) from the house still in Sultanwind Road, Amritsar, in 2020.
Privy source for TOI in anonymous conditions.
The source said: “Based on the FIR number 20/2020, January 29, 2020, and FIR number 23/2020, on 31 January 2020, registered by STF, the search under the prevention of money laundering Law (PMLA) was carried out with ed in nine locations on In and around Amritsar in October 8.
Learned that one Ankush Kapoor along with friends, namely Sukhwinder Singh, Major Singh, Tamanna Gupta, Arman Bashar Mall (Afghanistan National) in Convance with each other has set a secret Place Kothi No.
127-130, Akash Vihar, Sultanwind, Amritsar (whose original owner is anwar still).
“The source added the defendant had kept a lot of heroin when the house was raided in 2020.” The main people behind this operation are Ankush Kapoor, Tanvir Bedi and Simranjit Singh Sandhu.
They have also established connections with smugglers in Dubai, Pakistan, Afghanistan etc.
Ankush Kapoor, Tanvir Bedi and Simranjit Singh Sandhu make and receive payments through Hawala J Uga.
They are used to smuggle heroin and other drunk substances internationally.
“The source revealed that some were accused of being in prison, so to find traces of money laundering, efforts were made by ED to find out as much as possible in detail.
In addition, some cellphones and other digital devices have also been confiscated by agencies.
Investigation is expected to check the data of this device for instructions.
22 months after Heroin Bust, Directorate of Raids Raids 9 places in Punjab
