400KG CHARAS SEIZED IN SANGRUR
The police have arrested two people with four quintals (400 kg) of charas, 250 intoxicant tablets and ₹17 lakh on the outskirts of Maanwala village near Dhuri on Monday.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Mandeep Singh Sidhu said: “The accused brought the contraband from neighbouring Haryana. This was their second attempt, but acting on a tip-off, police nabbed the accused who were transporting the contraband in a pick-up truck having a Haryana registration number.”
The accused have been identified as Pritpal Singh, alias Mani, of Tohana in Haryana, and Sham Lal, alias Kala, of Sangrur.
“The main accused, Pritpal, who deals in tobacco products in Tohana, supplies drugs in Sangrur and Barnala districts. Kala used to purchase charas at ₹800 per 10 grams and sold it at ₹1,200 per 10 grams here,” the SSP said.
Police have also identified one Ashish Kumar of Barnala whom Pritpal was going to supply drugs.
“Pritpal told police that he collected ₹17 lakh from his consumers. But the police are probing about his links with drug suppliers in Punjab and Haryana,” added the SSP.
A case under Sections 21, 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused at the Sadar police station in Dhuri.
EX-COP, AIDE HELD WITH 7KG HEROIN
AMRITSAR: The Amritsar wing of the Punjab Police special operation cell arrested a dismissed assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and his aide with 7kg of heroin at Heir village on the airport road, 10km from the district headquarters, on Tuesday.
Former ASI Ranjit Singh of Moude village and Gursewak Singh of Jasror village in Amritsar were waiting on the airport road to deliver the consignment to someone, police said.
They both used to supply heroin in various districts on the directions of gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, lodged in the Hoshiarpur jail.
Ranjit was dismissed from Punjab Police for alleged links with Pakistani smugglers. His involvement came to light on October 20, 2012, when the directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) confiscated 23 kg of heroin smuggled from Pakistan in a goods train. Police found him guilty and dismissed him from service. He was posted in the 9 Battalion of the PAP, Amritsar.
Special operation cell inspector Gurinderpal Singh said the Ranjit and Gursewak were nabbed following a tip-off. He said preliminary investigation revealed that the network was being run by gangster Jaggu from the Hoshiarpur jail. “Ranjit befriended Jaggu when he was lodged in Hoshiarpur jail. Ranjit is out on bail and is working on Jaggu’s instructions,” he said.
A case under the NDPS Act has been registered.