3 peddlers held in separate cases

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 29

The police have arrested three persons in separate cases and seized various types of drugs from their possession.

In the first case, the city police have nabbed Lucky Kang, alias Lucky, of the Bakkar Mandi area and seized 263 gm of heroin from his possession.

The police authorities said that the accused was held following a tip off.

A case under the NDPS Act has been registered in this connection while further investigations are under progress to ascertain the source of the contraband.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Parvesh Chopra said he was allegedly involved in drug trafficking in different parts of the city. Investigations were on to identify his forward and backward links to expose his network.

Similarly, the police also arrested another local resident, Rahul Singh, with 95 gm of heroin.

Meanwhile, the Amritsar rural police have arrested an alleged drug peddler, identified as Varinder Kumar of Ajnala. SI Gagandeep Singh said the police got specific input that the accused was involved in trafficking of intoxicants in the belt.

He said the police laid a trap near Ibrahimpur village and intercepted his car. He was coming from Gujjapur village to Ajnala. During search of the car, the police seized over 2,000 intoxicant tablets from the car. He could not produce any documents regarding the purchase of the drugs.

He was arrested and further probe was on to ascertain the source of contraband. A case has been registered with the Ajnala police in this regard.