Cops feted for distinguished services

Inspector Vinod Kumar has been honoured for his commendable services by Cabinet Minister Dr Balbir Singh during the district-level Independence Day function held at Guru Nanak Stadium here on Friday.

Currently posted as the Station House Officer at the Chheharta police station, he was instrumental in nailing criminal elements and making significant seizures of drugs and weapons during the year. His name was recommended for the honour by Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar.

This is for the fifth time that he has received this honour.

After joining the Chheharta police station as the SHO around a year ago, he played a significant role in seizing over 81 kg of heroin, 4.3 kg of opium and drug money to the tune of Rs 4.52 lakh. A total of 141 persons were arrested in 41 FIRs registered at the police station.

Besides, he had also cracked the hand grenade blast case at the Thakurdrwara temple in Chheharta area in a record time.

Apart from Vinod Sharma, Inspector Ranjit Singh was also honoured for his good work. He was instrumental in the seizure of over 9 kg of heroin, weapons and Rs 4.3 lakh of drug money.

Sub-Inspector Ashwani Kumar, posted at the Division A police station, was also honoured on the occasion for his commendable work that led to the seizure of over 74,000 of tramadol tablets, 325 kg of tramadol raw material and Rs 7.65 lakh of drug money recently.

The recovery was made following the probe into the seizure of just 35 tablets of tramadol initially. The investigations led to the busting of an illegal pharma opioid drug supply network originating from Haridwar in Uttarakhand.