3 drug smugglers held with 800-gm heroin, drug money in Kapurthala

Tribune News Service

Kapurthala, September 22

In their campaign to eliminate drug menace, the district police on Tuesday busted a drug racket by arresting three smugglers who were transporting 800 gm of heroin concealed in a Scooty. The police also seized Rs 80,000 drug money from their possession.

Those arrested have been identified as Jyon Singh of Ropar, Ninder Kaur of Sultanpur Lodhi and Bejaya Badra of Kolkata. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh said CIA teams consisting of Inspector Balwinder Singh were formed under the supervision of SP (D) Vishaljit Singh and DSP (D) Sarbjit Rai to keep a vigil on the activities of anti-social elements in the district.

During checking, CIA staff SI Nirmal Singh along with a police party was patrolling near S Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy, Jalandhar-Kapurthala Road, when they noticed a Scooty being driven by a youth with two women riding pillion and got suspicious.

After seeing a police party, he suddenly took a U-turn and tried to flee the place, but lost balance and fell down. They threw away polythene envelopes from their pockets on the ground. The police party rushed towards them and during checking they found the contraband in these envelopes. Then the police party arrested the accused and during frisking, they seized Rs 80,000 from the Scooty.

Sadar police have registered a case against them under relevant sections of the NDPS Act. The SSP said the arrested smugglers would be produced before the magistrate by the police.

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