2 sentenced to 10-year jail, fined in drugs case

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Updated At : 12:00 PM Jan 25, 2022 IST

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Mohali, January 24

A local court today sentenced two Ludhiana residents to undergo 10-year rigorous imprisonment each on the charges of smuggling and distributing heroin.

The Court of Additional District and Session Judge Harjit Kaur Kaleke also imposed a fine of Rs1 lakh each on both convicts.

The Special Task Force (STF), Mohali, nabbed the accused, identified as Gurinder Singh, alias Gindi, and Prince Sharma, and recovered 850 grams of heroin from their possession.

The accused were arrested from the Airport road while they were trying to enter Mohali to sell the contraband.

In its chargesheet, the STF alleged that both two smugglers used to purchase heroin from Delhi at Rs1,200 per gram and used to sell it in Mohali, Ropar, Kharar, Ludhiana, Samrala, Chandigarh and Morinda between Rs3,000 and Rs3,500 per gram.

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