Three nabbed with 1.4 kg of heroin
Intensive probe launched to ascertain identities of accomplices of suspects: Cop
The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) unit, Ludhiana, claimed to have broken the supply chain of two gangs of drug traffickers.
The police seized 1.453 kg of heroin from the suspects, identified as Sandeep Singh of Bhilla village in Kapurthala district, Maninder Singh of Kapurthala and Gurnek Singh of the Hoshiarpur region.
The investigating team expected more recoveries and arrests on the basis of information extracted from the suspects.
DSP, ANTF, Ajay Verma, said the suspects had been arrested from different places on the basis of inputs and investigation conducted under the supervision of AIG Vatsala Gupta.
In the first incident, 753 gm of heroin was seized from the possession of Sandeep Singh and Maninder Singh who were nabbed during a coordinated action on the Jalandhar-Kapurthala road.
Though the exact antecedents of the suspects were yet to be ascertained, preliminary probe revealed that Sandeep had earlier been booked under the Arms Act.
Gurnek was nabbed in a separate incident from Majari toll plaza situated
on the Balachaur-Garhshankar road on the basis of a tip-off and 700 gm of heroin was recovered from his possession.
Verma said intensive investigation had been launched to ascertain identities of other accomplices of the suspects after registering FIRs under the NDPS Act.
