Two arrested with heroin, drug money

Ludhiana, June 4

The Special Task Force (STF) wing of the Punjab Police nabbed two persons and recovered heroin from their possession in separate incidents.

In the first case, the STF nabbed Sikandar (45) of Kila Mohalla and recovered 292 gm of heroin from his possession. STF in-charge Harbans Singh said a tip-off was received that the accused was into the notorious trade of drug smuggling. Accordingly, a raid was conducted and he was nabbed from outside his house. The accused also had a notorious past as he was already facing six cases of smugging.

In another incident, the STF nabbed Vijay Kumar (35) of Ramesh Nagar, Tibba road, and recovered 223 gm of heroin, Rs 38,000 drug money and a motorcycle. He was nabbed when he was on the way to deliver a consignment of heroin to his clients. Vijay was also a drug addict and he started drug smuggling during the lockdown period and was earning a lot of money from it.

Harbans said the police remand of both smugglers would be sought from court for the detailed interrogation of the accused so that the entire supply line could be busted. — TNS