Pills, heroin seized in Sirsa; 2 held

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 14

The Haryana Police have seized 22,300 prohibited pharma pills and 1.45 gm of heroin in Sirsa district. Two men have been arrested with prohibited drugs.

A spokesman for the Police Department said here on Monday that a team of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) signaled a motorcycle-borne man to stop. When searched, 22,300 prohibited pharma pills were recovered from his possession. The accused was identified as Preetpal, alias Preeta, a resident of Raghuana village.

In another incident, a team of the CIA arrested a man, identified as Kuldeep of Alinka, with 1.45 gm of heroin. The spokesman said cases under the NDPS Act had been registered against the two accused.