20K sedative tablets, heroin seized; 5 held

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 11:45 AM Mar 24, 2020 IST

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Take your experience further with Premium access. Thought-provoking Opinions, Expert Analysis, In-depth Insights and other Member Only Benefits

Yearly Premium ₹999 ₹349/Year

Yearly Premium $49 $24.99/Year

Our Correspondent

Abohar, March 23

The police have seized 20,000 sedative tablets from Updesh Kumar (21) and his brother Beg Raj (19), who originally hailed from Rajasthan, but settled in Bathinda’s Sangat Mandi. The police said the seizure was made by intercepting a bike during a special drive to enforce lockdown on the Sriganganagar-Bikaner highway. The duo had allegedly been smuggling sedatives from Bikaner to Bathinda. They were held under the NDPS Act.

Almost 10-gm heroin was seized from Tirlok Singh of Chak 16KND village by intercepting a bike at Shiv Chowk in Rawla (Sriganganagar) and 13-gm from Mukesh Jat (22) and Pawan Jat (25) of Sahuwala village on Monday.

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by : SORTD

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Suggested Articles