Gang of drug peddlers busted

Our Correspondent

Raikot, january 18

The Ludhiana (Rural) police have busted a gang of drug peddlers involved in distributing drugs and narcotics after smuggling these from neighbouring states.

Four quintals of poppy husk and a vehicle used in crime was seized from one member of the gang who was arrested by joint teams of CIA Jagraon and Raikot Sadar police station during a naka set up on the Maholi- Rachhin kacha road on Sunday afternoon.

The main accused were identified as Jagpreet Singh Goldy, Gurpreet Singh Bunty and Baljit Singh Mita, all residents of Jhuner village in Sangrur district. Jagpreet Singh Goldy was arrested from the spot while the investigation team has launched manhunt to nab the other accused.

Charanjit Singh Sohal, Senior Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana (Rural), said having received inputs about transport of huge quantity of poppy husk in Mohindra Pickup (PB-13-BA 1218), a joint team of the Raikot Sadar police station and CIA Jagraon was deployed under the supervision of DSP (D) Rajesh Sharma and the team succeeded in seizing four quintals of the contraband,” said Sohal.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused had been distributing the contrabands in the region.

Baljit Singh Mita had been booked under separate cases registered under the NDPS Act at Ahmedgarh, Amargarh, Malerkotla, Sandaur and Dehlon police stations in the past.