Two peddlers arrested with 350 gm heroin

The Ludhiana police claimed to have nabbed two persons in separate incidents and seized 350 gm of heroin from their possession.

ADCP (Crime) Amandeep Singh Brar in a statement issued stated that on September 5, SI Satnam Singh after getting a tip-off about a heroin smuggler conducted a raid and nabbed Rama Singh, a resident of Janta Colony, and seized 200 gm of heroin from his possession. A case under the NDPS Act was registered against him and further investigation was launched in the case.

Brar said in another case, SI Mohan Singh, along with his team, conducted a raid and nabbed Mohit, a resident of Vijay Nagar. The police seized 150 gm of heroin from him. After registering a case against the man, further investigation was launched by the police to bust the entire drug supply line. In further probe, more smugglers involved in the network would be nabbed.

Sources said the police had identified some big heroin smugglers with whom the two suspects were in touch.

Mohit has a criminal past as two cases, including of drug smuggling and cheating, were registered against him in the past.