Ludhiana, June 26
The Ludhiana police arrested three smugglers and recovered heroin, ganja and cash from their possession here yesterday.
In the first case, the Moti Nagar police nabbed a smuggler and recovered 250-gram ganja and Rs 12,000 in cash from him.
Investigating Officer ASI Karamjit Singh said they got a tip-off that the suspect was into drug smuggling trade. Accordingly, the police party conducted a raid and arrested him with drugs.
In another case, the Daba police arrested a person, identified as Amit Kumar of Gurmel Nagar, and recovered 15-gram heroin and Rs 97,000 from his possession.
ASI Raj Kumar said they stopped the suspect for checking at a routine naka. During checking, they recovered heroin from his possession.
In yet another case, the PAU police arrested a person, Naresh Kumar of Salem Tabri, and recovered 10-gram heroin from his possession.
ASI Lakhwinder Singh said the suspect was nabbed from the Rajpura chowk while he was on his way to deliver heroin to his clients.
A case under the NDPS Act was registered against the trio.
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