Veggie seller nailed with heroin

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 13

A police team of the Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a drug peddler, identified as Mani Sood (28), a resident of Labour Colony, Jamalpur, and seized 500 gm of heroin from his possession.

Was into drug trade for past 5 years

During preliminary interrogation, the suspect revealed that he was a vegetable seller and had taken up drug peddling to supplement his income and, being an addict himself, maintain his stock of drugs. The suspect said he was into drug peddling for the past five years and had also undergone imprisonment earlier in a drug-related case.

The police also recovered a motorcycle, bearing registration number PB10GU3461, being used from smuggling drugs from his possession.

Inspector Harbans Singh, in-charge, Ludhiana Range, said after getting a tip-off, the STF team was keeping an eye on the movement of the drug peddler for some time. The suspect was nabbed near HIG Colony in Jamalpur on Sunday while he was going towards Chauri Sarak to deliver the contraband. His search led to recovery of the contraband from his possession.

During preliminary interrogation, the suspect revealed that he was a vegetable seller and had taken up drug peddling to supplement his income and, being an addict himself, maintain his stock of drugs. The suspect said he was into drug peddling for the past five years and had also undergone imprisonment earlier in a drug-related case.

A case under Section 21 of the NDPS Act had been registered against Mani Sood. He was produced in a court, which sent him to police custody for further interrogation.