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STF nabs cop, wife and son with heroin in Bathinda

Accused used to bring contraband from Delhi to sell it in Bathinda
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Tribune News Service

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Bathinda, July 22

Special Task Force (STF), Bathinda Range, has arrested a police personnel along with his wife and son with heroin during a special checking.

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His son was allegedly selling heroin for a long time and policeman used to help him taking advantage of his position.

Acting on a tip-off, a STF team headed by DSP Gursharan Singh set up a special checkpost on Bathinda-Goniana national highway at Bhokra village, during which vehicles were stopped and checked. Police got a tip-off that some people were bringing drugs in a car.

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At the checkpost, a car was stopped in which three persons were travelling and a packet was seized from a woman. When it was opened, 121-gram heroin was recovered. The accused have been identified as Rajwinder Singh, who is in Bathinda police and has been deputed at circuit house, his wife Kuldeep Kaur and son Harpreet Singh.

DSP Gursharan Singh said, “In initial interrogation, he has admitted that for long time he was selling heroin. He used to bring heroin from Delhi and used to sell it in Bathinda and adjoining villages. The estimated cost of 121 heorin seized from accused is said to be around Rs 4 lakh. A case has been registered a case against three accused at Nehiawala police station.”

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