The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Chandigarh, has secured the conviction of a drug trafficker in the 2021 heroin seizure from the Indo-Pakistan border area in Punjab. In a significant judgement reinforcing the crackdown on cross-border drug smuggling, a Special NDPS Court in Fazilka has convicted Gurpreet Singh resident of Fazilka’s Kotha Village, on Friday and sentenced him to 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh under various sections of the NDPS Act, 1985. The case pertains to the seizure of about 6 kgs of heroin from the convict on April 14, 2021, from the border area near BOP Lakha Asli, Fazilka, Punjab, by NCB Amritsar in coordination with the BSF.