On Saturday, October 3, 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that Navpreet Singh, a hardened narco‑trafficking kingpin, had been deported from Turkiye to India.
Singh had obtained Turkish citizenship under the false identity of Navab Virk and continued to smuggle heroin and methamphetamine from Afghanistan into India. The deportation was carried out in connection with multiple drug‑trafficking and other criminal cases.
Shah described the operation as a historic milestone for the Modi government, praising the intelligence agencies that traced Singh’s true identity and facilitated his return to Indian custody. He said the agencies had “ripped apart veil after veil” to expose the kingpin’s activities.
The Modi government remains committed to destroying every narco‑cartel before December 2029, he added.
