Narcotics seized from woman jail visitor, inmate

A woman visitor and an undertrial prisoner were caught with narcotics during separate search operations at Kapurthala Modern Jail. The contraband included 28 gram of suspected narcotics recovered from the woman and 10 gram from the inmate.

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According to SHO Harinder Singh of Kotwali Police Station, the woman has been arrested and produced in a court, which granted her a one-day police remand.

In a complaint filed by Assistant Jail Superintendent Satpal Singh, it was reported that woman Kirandeep Kaur of Dogranwal village in Subhanpur came to visit an inmate. Acting on suspicion, security personnel searched her and allegedly found 28 gram of narcotics in her possession. She was taken into custody and a case was registered at Kotwali police station.

In a separate incident, Assistant Jail Superintendent Dheeraj Kumar reported that inmate Gurmehak Sharma was searched at the jail’s entrance gate, where 10 gram of narcotics and some tobacco were allegedly found in his possession. A separate FIR has also been lodged against him at the same police station.