2 held with intoxicant tablets, poppy husk in Fazilka

Fazilka, June 2

The Fazilka police claimed to have busted an interstate intoxicant tablet smuggling network today with the arrest of two drug peddlers and recovered 1,15,350 tablets and 51 kg poppy husk from them.

Fazilka SSP Deepak Hilori and SP (Investigation) Ajay Raj Singh said on a tip-off, the police intercepted a bike and arrested Gurcharan Singh, alias Channu, of Muthianwali village and recovered 1,050 intoxicant tablets from his possession near Asafwala village. He was booked under the NDPS Act.

During interrogation Gurcharan reportedly confessed that he used to bring the tablets from Ravinder Singh, alias Ravi, of Pattrewala village. Ravi was also nominated in the FIR. The police raided Ravi’s house and arrested him. As many as 20,400 intoxicant tablets, 21 kg poppy husk and Rs 1.77 lakh were recovered from his possession.

Both were produced before the judicial magistrate who remanded them in two-day police custody. The police recovered another consignment of 93,900 tablets and 30 kg poppy husk from Ravi’s possession from a different location. — OC