House of two drug traffickers razed at Sultanwind village

Under the anti-drug campaign launched by the Punjab Government, the Amritsar city police in collaboration with the civic authorities today demolished the house of two drug peddler brothers at Sutanwind village here today.

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Police Commissioner (CP) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar supervised the demolition operation. He was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner of Police Alam Vijay Singh and Additional Deputy Commissioner of police Vishaljit Singh.

According the police, the house located at Baba Jeevan Singh in Sultanwind village belonged to Harpal Singh, alias Pala, and his brother Judge Singh. While Judge Singh is at present lodged in Amritsar jail, Harpal Singh has been absconding for the past over two months. The siblings have been active in the illegal drug trade for a long time. Judge Singh was recently arrested in March with 266 grams of heroin.

“Harpal has five criminal cases, including four of the NDPS Act, registered against him. The police took preventive action under the CrPC against him twice,” Bhullar said, while adding that he was absconding at present.

Judge Singh had three cases of the NDPS Act registered against him, Bhullar said, while adding that the police took preventive action against him thrice.

The CP said the Punjab Government had adopted zero tolerance against those, who had been destroying youth by getting them addicted to drugs. They would have to face stringent possible action as per the law, he said. The demolition drive was part of measures taken against such traffickers, he said. Hundreds of drug traffickers were put behind bars and addicts were admitted to rehabilitation centres for treatment, he said.