Delhi couple wanted in 5-kg heroin case held

Tribune News Service

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Jalandhar, September 24

The Kapurthala police have arrested a Delhi-based proclaimed offender couple on the run since 2019 in a 5-kg heroin supply case after tracking them while travelling in a train. The arrested couple has been identified as Deepak Kumar and his wife Preeti of J 17/B Beri Wala Bagh Gali No. 2, Hari Nagar, Mayapuri, Delhi.

Givng information in a press release, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh, said, “A special campaign has been started against proclaimed offenders in drug-related cases in the district.”

Kapurthala police teams received a tip-off regarding the couple travelling in a train from Delhi towards Punjab and tracked them near Jalandhar Cantonment railway station, the SSP added. They were apprehended from the train, the SSP said.

The couple was wanted by the police in case registered on August 1, 2019, at the Kapurthala Sadar police station under various sections of the NDPS Act in which 5-kg heroin was recovered from the accused, who were declared proclaimed offender by the court, the SSP added.

During interrogation, the couple revealed that they were going to deliver a consignment of heroin, which was hidden in a bag they had left under their seat in the train, the SSP said.

The police team was not informed about the bag at that time of the arrest of the couple, the SSP added.

Later, the bag was recovered unclaimed under seat number 21,22 in AC compartment A1 by the Railway police party at the Pathankot railway station, the SSP said. The Pathankot police also registered an FIR (No. 32) on September 9, 2021 under Section 21 of the NDPS Act at the GRP police station, the SSP added.

The Kapurthala police produced the couple before magistrate, who sent them to police remand, the SSP added. Their interrogation could help in busting the entire drug supply chain and identif other members of the gang, the SSP said.