Sub-Inspector , accomplice held with 300 gm heroin, ‘drug money’

The police have arrested a Punjab Police Sub-Inspector (SI) and his alleged woman accomplice after recovering 300 grams of heroin and Rs 1.27 lakh in alleged drug money from their possession.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Surendra Lamba identified the arrested police personnel as SI Sahib Singh, a resident of Majjupur in Tarn Taran. Sahib Singh is currently posted as the investigating officer (IO) at the Khalra police station.

The arrested woman has been identified as Kinder Kaur, a native of Mari Udhoke village, who is currently residing in Baba Jallan Colony at Chabal in Tarn Taran.

Apart from recovering the heroin and alleged drug money, the police also impounded their white Hyundai i20 car (PB-02-CT-8126), in which the two were travelling.

Sharing operational details, SSP Surendra Lamba said that acting on a reliable tip-off, a police patrol team, led by SHO Baljinder Singh of the Khalra police station, intercepted the car at Baba Jallan Colony in the Chabal area. The two occupants were detained and subsequently identified as SI Sahib Singh and Kinder Kaur, he said.

The SSP said that during a search conducted in the presence of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sukhbir Singh, the police recovered 300 grams of heroin concealed in the right trouser pocket of SI Sahib Singh, while Rs 1.27 lakh, suspected to be drug money, was recovered from the purse of Kinder Kaur.

Further investigations are underway to establish the forward and backward linkages in the case, the SSP added. A case under Sections 21-C, 27-A and 29 of the NDPS Act has been registered at the Chabal police station in Tarn Taran.

Police sources said that SI Sahib Singh and his alleged accomplice, Kinder Kaur, are suspected of supplying heroin to different parts of Punjab as well as other states. Following his arrest, SI Sahib Singh has been suspended with immediate effect.