7 peddlers held in hoshiarpur

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, January 6

Seven peddlers, including a woman, were arrested with liquor and intoxicants. ASI Sukhdev Singh, in-charge, Puriharan police post, said he received a tip-off that consignment of alcohol from other state was being delieverd in the area. He said he set up a special naka and recovered 10 lakh 71,000 ml of different types of liquor from a Tata 407 canter. He said the accused have been identified as Vicky Baba, a resident of Purheeran, Manpreet, alias Mamu, of New Fatehgarh, Manjit Kumar and Lakhan Kumar, of New Sunder Nagar. In another incident, the Mahilpur police arrested Rajinder Singh of Padi Sura Singh and recovered 35,820 ml of smuggled liquor from him. In the third incident, the Mehtiana police nabbed Kulvinder Kaur of Harta, and recovered 10-gram intoxicating powder from her. In another incident, the Dasuya police arrested Purshottam of Ghanta Ghar, and recovered 180-gram intoxicating powder from him.