DRI, Ludhiana, seizes 15.6-kg charas, one held

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, September 16

In an early morning operation, sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Ludhiana, swept into action and tracked down a Wagon-R car in Ludhiana, coming from Kashmir suspected to be carrying high quality charas. The car was intercepted on NH-1 passing through Ludhiana. They found a hidden cavity, specially built under the bonnet, in which 15.6 kg of charas was concealed. The passenger in the car was interrogated and arrested. He was produced before the court of Gaurav Kumar Sharma, Duty Magistrate, who sent him to judicial remand. This is the second seizure by the DRI in Ludhiana in September and the current recovery is the biggest charas confiscation in Ludhiana in recent years.