Phagwara: Police arrest youth with heroin and intoxicating tablets under NDPS Act

The police have arrested a young man after recovering heroin and a large quantity of intoxicant tablets during a routine patrol near the cremation ground on Bangar Road, officials said.

According to ASI Darsan Singh, who filed the FIR, the police team was conducting a suspicion-based search in the area while moving from Subhash Chowk toward the Bangar Road cremation ground when they spotted a young man walking from the direction of Lal Palace.

On seeing the police party, the man reportedly panicked and attempted to turn back, prompting officers to apprehend him. Upon questioning, the suspect identified himself as Karan Kalyan, son of Kundan Lal, a resident of Balmiki Mohalla, Bansa Wala Bazaar, Phagwara. A personal search led to the recovery of 5 grams of heroin and four strips of Etizolam, each containing 10 orange-coloured tablets, totalling 40 intoxicant tablets. Police said the recovered substances were seized on the spot, and a case under the NDPS Act was registered against the accused.

Karan Kalyan was taken into custody and further investigation is underway to determine the source of the narcotics, officials added.