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Chandigarh, January 21
Three people, including a sub-inspector of the Haryana Police, were arrested for allegedly possessing one kg of Methamphetamine, popularly known as “ice”.
They were nabbed by the Punjab Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on drugs, on the Patiala-Dakala road yesterday, SP of Mohali STF Rajinder Singh Sohal today said. Acting on a tip-off, a car with Haryana registration number was intercepted and during checking, Methamphetamine was found in it, the police said.
Pawan Kumar, a sub-inspector with the Haryana Police, and his two friends Ajay Kumar and Karamjit Singh were arrested, they said. They were bringing the contraband from Alwar to Punjab, the SP said, adding the accused have been booked under the NDPS Act. — PTI
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Posted at: Jan 22, 2018, 1:41 AM; last updated: Jan 22, 2018, 1:41 AM (IST)
NRI held with 2-kg heroin, aides escape
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Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, January 21
The police arrested a drug peddler, Amarjit Singh of Mukandpur village near Dehlon, and seized 2 kg of heroin from his possession. They also impounded the car in which the drug was being smuggled. The contraband was hidden under the driver seat.
Amarjit’s two accomplices managed to escape. Addressing a press conference in Jagraon today, SSP Surjit Singh said Amarjit was arrested on a tip-off near the drain bridge outside Malak village.
Amarjit told the police that he moved to the US in 1988 with his family. Later, he returned to India and got involved in drug peddling to make a quick buck. He frequently visited India and used to bring heroin from J&K and supply it in Punjab.
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Our Correspondent
Ferozepur, January 20
Sleuths of the Counter Intelligence Wing nabbed two drug peddlers with a contraband worth Rs 1.65 crore, besides Rs 3 lakh in cash associated with the business.
Narinder Pal Singh Sidhu, AIG (Counter Intelligence) Ferozepur, said on Friday evening, during patrolling along the riverbed near Palla Megha village, sleuths of the CI wing nabbed two suspicious persons -- Gurdip Singh of Kilche Wala village and Ranjit Singh of Pachhadiyan village.
During their search, 310 gm of heroin worth Rs 1.65 crore, besides Rs 3 lakh cash was recovered from their possession. Sidhu said their third accomplice, Balwinder Singh, managed to flee from the spot. The AIG said Balwinder had agricultural land across the fence near the Shameke border outpost, from where he was running a drug smuggling racket.
“They were using a special tea kettle in which they smuggled drugs with the help of Pakistan-based drug smugglers.
The kettle has also been recovered. We are conducting investigations, said Sidhu. Meanwhile, the BSF troops also carried out a special search operation near the JN Mohammad border outpost between the border security fence and the international border. During the search, they recovered a plastic bottle filled with 500 gm of heroin from a field near the fence.
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Posted at: Jan 21, 2018, 1:53 AM; last updated: Jan 21, 2018, 1:53 AM (IST)
Drug case: Asset details sought
Tribune News Service
Mohali, January 20
In the multi-crore Bhola drug racket, the Special CBI court here today forwarded a “letter of request” to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), seeking details of properties owned abroad by 18 accused in the case.
Special public prosecutor for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Jagjit Singh Sarao said the “letter of request” was moved before the court in August 2017 under the PML Act, seeking details of properties owned by the accused in Canada and the UK.
Sarao said the request had been forwarded to the ministries concerned to open diplomatic channels with Canada and the UK to probe property details of the accused and provide the same to the Indian Government.
The ED suspected that the money generated from the drug trade had been parked in immovable and moveable assets within the country and abroad.
On Saturday, the court ordered investigation into the Canada-basedproperties of Anup Singh Kahlon, Ranjit Kaur, Manpreet Singh, Daljeet Singh, Sukhraj Singh Kang, Nirankar Singh Dhillon, Lehmbar Singh, Ranjit Singh Aujla, Amarjit Singh Koonar, Tony Parmod Sharma, Satpreet Singh, Pradip Singh Dhaliwal, Davinder Singh Narwal, Harmahinder Singh, Parminder Singh and Rai Bahadur Nirwal.The court also issued orders to probe UK-based properties of Madan Lal
and Kulwant Singh.
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Drugs seized by the Kangra police.
Our Correspondent
Kangra, January 21
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The Shahpur police today arrested a 42-year-old man and seized 237 banned capsules (Spasmo Proxivan) from his possession.
Superintendent of Police, Kangra, Santosh Patial said Rakesh Kumar, a resident of Ladwara, was arrested near the Mundla-Ladwara link road. He had been booked under Section 18 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
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Our Correspondent
Nurpur, January 19
The Narcotic Crime Control Unit (NCCU), Kangra, and the police conducted a raid at a house in Bhadroya late last evening recovered 52 gram charas, 3 gram heroin and 190 sedative capsules from the possession of Rekha, wife of Sardari Lal. She was arrested and a case under the NDPS Act was registered against her.
Prem Singh, DSP, NCCU, said the police was keeping an eye on the woman following reports of her involvement into drug trafficking in the border area of the Nurpur sub-division.
According to information, her husband had been arrested by the police with narcotic drugs in the past.
In another case, Hardeep Singh of Salikulian (Pathankot) was arrested with 2.15 gram heroin during night patrolling at the Airport Road. On seeing the police, he tried to flee, but was nabbed and on search, heroin was recovered from his possession. A case was registered against him. Meanwhile, the Nurpur police today recovered 240 gram charas from the possession of Harbans Singh of Bharmolli village during a naka at Bhadwar. He was arrested under the NDPS Act.
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Arpit Shukla (right), IG, addresses mediapersons on the Ugandan woman’s arrest in Jalandhar on Monday. Tribune Photo: Malkiat Singh
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Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, January 22
The Counter-Intelligence team of the police has arrested a Ugandan woman, Rogget Namotabi, with 1.5-kg heroin. The accused, based in Uttam Nagar (New Delhi), had concealed the contraband in capsules inside dead fish. It is a new modus operandi adopted by drug smugglers, the police said today.
Addressing the media here, IG Arpit Shukla, accompanied by Jagraon SSP Surjit Singh and AIG (Counter-Intelligence) HKPS Khakh, said a naka was laid on the Jagraon-Moga national highway yesterday after a tip-off.
The IG said Rogget was an accomplice of Michael, who was involved in the synthetic drug business.
A poppy husk smuggler, Raja Singh alias Raju, lodged in the Nabha jail, had come in contact with Michael and struck a deal to supply synthetic drugs. He added that Delhi-based Manpreet used to arrange the drugs and sent the same to Rogget, who would further deliver the consignment to Raja’s friend Gurjant Jand, a resident of Daulewala in Moga district.
Shukla said Michael and Raja would be brought here on production warrants in the coming days. Teams have been formed to arrest Manpreet and Gurjant.
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