The crime branch of the city police claimed to have nabbed a drug peddler who was allegedly involved in the illicit trade and smuggling of drugs and narcotics for a long time
100 grams of heroin and a motorcycle was seized from the accused, identified as Ashish Kumar of Sarpanch Colony, Meharban village.
Ludhiana Commissioner of Police Swapan Sharma said a team of officials, led by crime branch incharge Beant Juneja, nabbed the accused while he was waiting for a client on the Kailash Nagar-Basti Jodhewal road on Monday.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused worked at a private factory and hunted for drug consumers among labourers.
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