5 held with illicit liquor, opium

Fatehgarh Sahib, October 7

The district police claimed to have arrested five smugglers and recovered 150 cartons of illicit liquor and 500-gm opium from their possession.

SP (Investigation) Jagjit Singh Jallah said a campaign to nab drug smugglers was launched on the directions of SSP Amneet Kondal. He said Spinder Singh, SHO, Khamano, laid a naka after receiving a tip-off that smugglers were supplying whisky from Chandigarh to various towns of Punjab.

Jagdeep Singh, resident of Chanarthal Khurd, Harjeet Singh and Gurwinder Singh, residents of Galwadi in Ludhiana, were arrested with 150 cartons of illegal liquor.

In another case, the SP said the Kheri Naudh Singh police arrested Sarabjit Singh, alias Sabi, and Rajiv Kumar, alias Gandhi, residents of Dasmesh Nagar Machhiwara, and recovered 500-gm opium from them. During the interrogation, the suspects said they supply opium to their customers at high price. — OC