Two arrested for smuggling liquor

Ludhiana: The police have arrested two persons while another was booked in two different cases of liquor smuggling on Monday. In a raid conducted by a police party led by SI Rajesh Kumar, incharge of anti-smuggling cell, at Khaira Bet, Gurcharan Singh, a resident of Bhoondri village in Jagraon, was arrested with 30 bottles of illicit liquor. The accused has been booked under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act. In another raid conducted at Khasi Kalan village on a tip off, the police nabbed one Nahar Singh, a resident of Shanti Vihar Colony in Bhamian Kalan, while his accomplice Paramvir Singh, a resident of Koom Kalan, managed to slip way. The police recovered 30 boxes (360 bottles) of smuggled Tango Santra country liquor from the spot and the two accused were booked under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act. TNS

Two nabbed with heroin, ganja

Ludhiana: The police have arrested a resident of EWS Colony for possessing drugs. Kishan alias Lallu was nabbed from Sanjay Gandhi Colony on Tajpur Road. His search led to the seizure of 25 gm of heroin from his possession. A case under sections 21-B, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused. One Raju Jaiswal, a resident of Ganesh Nagar in the Janakpuri area, was nabbed by the police from near Ghora Colony in Transport Nagar on Monday with 800 gm of cannabis (ganja) in his possession. The accused has been booked under Sections 20, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act. TNS