Smuggler

National Times Bureau :- 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, said the agency in a press release.In a significant judgment reinforcing the crackdown on cross-border drug smuggling, a Special NDPS Court, Fazilka, has convicted Gurpreet Singh alias Mangal, resident of Village Kotha in Punjab's Fazilka, on November 7 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 5.958 kg of heroin on…