Five succumb to virus in Jalandhar

Jalandhar: The health authorities reported 81 new Covid-19 cases in the district on Friday. With this, the total number of positive cases reached 19,411. The authorities reported five deaths due to the virus. The toll reached 616. In Kapurthala, nine persons tested positive and two fell prey to the virus. In Hoshiarpur, the authorities reported 26 fresh cases and four patients succumbed. TNS

Nine held with drugs, liquor

Hoshiarpur: The police have arrested nine peddlers in different cases. The Model Town police held Chandan Kishore and recovered 8 gm of heroin from him. The Hariana police recovered 24 bottles of illict liquor from Raj Kumar and Pyara Ram. The Garhdiwala police held Amarjit Singh and recovered pills from him. The police nabbed Dyal Chand and recovered illict liquor. The Dasuya police held Davinder Singh and Jatinder Singh and recovered 225 gm of intoxicating powder from them. The Tanda police have nabbed Kuljeet Kaur and recovered intoxicating pills from her. The Mukerian police held Victor and recovered 5-kg poppy from him. OC