Two held with over 2-kg opium, Rs 4.7 lakh of drug money

CIA staff (2) have arrested two persons with 2 kg of opium and Rs 4.70 lakh of drug money.

They were identified as Amandeep Singh of Sultanwind Road and Satnam Singh, alias Satta of Mata Ganga Ji Nagar, located on the Bhai Manjh Singh road here. A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered against them.

Harminder Singh, Assistant Commissioner of Police (detective), said their backward and forward links were being looked into and more arrests are likely to be made soon. Both were nabbed following reliable intelligence inputs. They were produced in a court and brought on police remand for further interrogation.

Meanwhile, the city police have arrested four drug peddlers in separate incidents and recovered 195 gm of heroin, Rs 7,700 drug money, a .32 bore pistol along with four live rounds and a sports utility vehicle (SUV) from their possession.

Jatinder Singh alias Neela of Hargobind Nagar at Kot Khalsa and seized 60 gm of heroin and Rs 2,000 drug money. Similarly, Harmanpreet Singh alias Raj Avenue of Ghanupur Kale was nabbed with a .32 bore pistol with four bullets and a Toyota Fortuner from him.

Ranjit Singh alias Lallu of Mohkampura was held with 25 gm of heroin and Rs 1 500 drug money while Darshan Singh alias Jhona of Maqboolpura was arrested with 112gm heroin and Rs 4,200 drug money.