2 drug peddlers arrested, intoxicants seized

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, October 15

In a major crackdown against drug peddlers, the Commissionerate police on Thursday arrested two Ludhiana residents and seized 27,000 intoxicant tablets and capsules.

The accused have been identified as Piyush Arora of Joshi Nagar and Sunny of Ludhiana, originally from Gandhi Nagar in Batala.

Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that a team led by Assistant-Sub Inspector (ASI) Kulwinder Singh had set up a check post at Reru Gate Chowk on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway and the driver of a Swift car (PB10-EQ-6409) which was coming from Pathankot side, tried to flee after spotting cops but in vain.

He added, on suspicion, the cops interrogated the car occupants, Piyush and Sunny, and conducted a search in the car.

He said the cops scanned the car and recovered 27,000 intoxicant tablets and capsules. The recovery includes tramadol hydrochloride tablets, tramadol hydrochloride SR tablets radol, alprazolam tablets and proxyvon spaspuls.

The Commissioner of Police said that a case under Section 22 of NDPS Act had been registered against the accused.