Properties of 33 notorious drug peddlers attached

As part of the continued efforts to combat the drug menace in the region, the Ludhiana (rural) police have attached movable and immovable properties owned by 33 notorious drug peddlers of the region booked under 19 cases registered in the past.

The attached property as per police records is valued at Rs 14.99 crore.

The attached property included agricultural land, residential and commercial buildings. The police claimed that investigations had revealed that many of the properties were used for drug trafficking by the peddlers.

Ludhiana Rural SSP Ankur Gupta said police officials, led by by SP (D) Parminder Singh and DSP (D) Guriqbal Singh, besides DSPs at Jagraon, Dakha and Raikot, had cautioned the public through notices regarding attachment of properties owned by the 33 notorious drug peddlers booked at the Jagraon, Dakha, Hathur, Sudhar and Jodhan police stations in the past.

“Having received orders from the competent authority, we deployed police officials to display notices at on the properties concerned,” said Gupta.

Gurpreet Singh Gopi of Rasulpur Malha, Gurmit Singh of Daherka, Gurtej Singh of Hathur, Krishan Singh of Rasulpur Malha, Gurmail Singh, Baljit Singh, Saudagar Singh, Jora Singh (all four of Bhamipur Kalan, Lakhvir Singh of Buraj Hari Singh, Jaspal Singh of Nathowal, Prem Singh of Talwara, Jaswinder Singh of Aitiana, Kaka Singh of Nathowal, Gurdeep Singh of Boparai Kalan, Piara Singh of Boparai Kalan, Manjinder Singh of Kotli Dakha, Gurcharan Kaur of Kotli, Gurdev Singh of Bhaini Gujjran, Manoj Paswan of Balak Nath Nagar, Gurtej Singh of Mullanpur, Harpreet Singh of Mullanpur, Swaranjit Singh Sunny of Braich, Jaspreet Singh of Braich, Sukhwinder Kaur of Gujjarwal, Jaspreet Singh Jassi of Jodhan, Gurmeet Singh of Khadoor, Jarnail Kaur Jailo of Latala, Virpal Singh of Narangwal Kalan and Arvinder Singh of Narangwal Kalan village were among those whose property was attached after receiving orders from the competent authority.