Two arrested with drugs

Amritsar, August 12

The CIA staff nabbed two persons, including a migrant, for drug peddling here today. They have been identified as Vinod Kumar alias Mintu of Sharifpura and Raj Kumar Yadav of New Judge Nagar, Batala road. Yadav hails from Motihari district in Bihar. The police recovered 1.5 kg of charas and 550 intoxicant tablets from their possession. A case under NDPS act has been registered against them. ASI Sushil Kumar said the accused were nabbed near Tehsilpura Bazaar. The police also seized an electronic weighting machine. The police got them on remand from court. They are interrogating them to ascertain where did they manage to procure the contraband from. — TNS