12 drug smugglers arrested in Moga

Kulwinder Sandhu

Tribune News Service

Moga, July 3 

The Moga police have arrested 12 drug smugglers, including two women, and seized 3,030 intoxicating pills and 2 kg of opium from them, the police said on Saturday.

A police party from Ajitwal police station on patrol duty stopped a motorcycle for checking at Kokri Kalan village. During search, 1 kg of opium was seized. The man riding the motorcycle was taken into custody. He was identified as Shinder Singh, a resident of nearby Talwandi Mallian village.

On a tip-off, a police party from Badhni Kalan police station stopped a motorcycle on the outskirts of Badhni Kalan village and seized 1 kg of opium from Jasvir Singh and Rajwinder Singh, residents of Baude village. They had gone there to deliver the consignment to their customers.

A police party from Badhni Kalan seized 620 intoxicating pills from Gurminder Singh and Gurmukh Singh, residents of Daudhar Sharki village.

The Nihalsinghwala police arrested one Inderjit Kaur, resident of Machike village, and seized 130 intoxicating pills from her.

The Moga police seized 360 intoxicating pills from Daljit Kaur, resident of Meenia village; 300 intoxicating pills from Charanjit Singh, resident of Ajitwal; 1,090 intoxicating pills from Saagi Singh and Amandeep Singh, residents of Daulatpura Neewan village; 230 intoxicating pills from Narinder Singh, resident of Kot Ise Khan; and 300 intoxicating pills from Jarnail Singh, resident of Moga.

The police said separate cases under the NDPS Act had been registered against them.