Woman nabbed with 400-gm heroin in Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur: The district police have arrested a woman drug peddler and recovered 400 gram of heroin and Rs 11.4 lakh in cash from her. The accused has been identified as Jasvir Kaur, alias Foujan, a resident of Langeri Road in Mahilpur. Giving the details, SSP Navjot Singh Mahal said SHO, Chabbewal, Surjeet Singh, along with a police party, was carrying out checking in Adda Jaitpur. During this, they stopped a woman riding a scooter having no registration number. ASP Garhshankar Tushar Gupta was informed about it, who reached the spot. The SSP said that Jasvir had already been facing 13 criminal cases, including 10 cases of NDPS Act. OC

54 more test +ve, no death reported

Jalandhar: With 54 fresh cases of Covid, the tally of the infected persons in the district had mounted to 14,721. No death was reported. As many as 13,780 persons have recovered from the infection until now, while 467 cases are active. As many as 395 persons are in home isolation. In Kapurthala, nine more people tested positive for the infection. TNS