Two held with opium, Rs 70K drug money

Tanda, January 18

Tanda police have arrested two persons with opium, pistol and drug money after the interrogation of a Nepali youth who was held with opium near Dhadiala village recently. DSP, Tanda, Raj Kumar said the SHO, Tanda, Harinder Singh’s team under the supervision of SP (Investigation) Sarabjit Rai had arrested Vineet Kumar, a native of Parsa (Chitowal), Nepal, with 70-gm opium.

With the information gathered during the interrogation, the police have arrested the two more accused, who were part of the opium supply chain. They were identified as Ratan Singh Ratan, a resident of Nakoda (Sirsa), Haryana, presently residing at Sathiala (Beas) and Manjinder Singh alias Bhullar, a resident Baba Bakala Sahib. The police have seized 1-kg opium, one pistol, four live rounds and Rs 70,000 drug money from the accused.

A case under the NDPS Act and the Arms Act has been registered and further action has been started. The DSP told that Manjinder Singh is a history-sheeter and a case has been registered against him for kidnapping and other serious sections of Arms Act with the intention of killing in Khilchiyan police station in which he is a fugitive. Also, Ratan Singh, along with his accomplices, had carried out a major incident of robbery in Delhi in 2017.