KHANNA POLICE ARREST FOUR PERSONS, SEIZE 1.5 KG OPIUM, 9KG POPPY HUSK

Author(s): City Air NewsKHANNA, April 13, 2018: Khanna Police today arrested four persons and seized 1.5kg opium and 9 kg poppy husk. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Khanna Navjot Singh Mahal told that on the directions of DGP Suresh...

KHANNA POLICE ARREST FOUR PERSONS, SEIZE 1.5 KG OPIUM, 9KG POPPY HUSK
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KHANNA, April 13, 2018: Khanna Police today arrested four persons and seized 1.5kg opium and 9 kg poppy husk.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Khanna Navjot Singh Mahal told that on the directions of DGP Suresh Kumar Arora and DIG Ludhiana Range Ranbir Singh Khatra, high-tech surveillance has been initiated against the drug peddlers.

He said that Khanna CIA staff head inspector Baljinder Singh along with police party laid a trap at Pristine Mall, GT Road Khanna on Friday morning and stopped a black Micra (PB08-BQ-0020) for the checking. The car was being driven by Pawandeep Singh, Street Number-7, Jandpir Colony Mohalla, Chheharta and Sartaj Singh of Shaheed Udham Singh colony, Chabbal road, Amritsar.

On frisking, the cops recovered 1.5kg opium from a polythene bag. A case under sections 18,25-61 and 85 of NDPS Act has been registered against them at Khanna Sadar Police Station, he added.

Apart from this, Khanna city police also seized 9-kg poppy husk from auto rickshaw driver Neelkanth of Street Number-1, near Mata Vaishno Devi Temple, Salem Tabri Ludhiana and his accomplice Balvir Singh of Jabbowal, Nawanshahr.

The city police have laid a checking at Y-Point in Sadar Khanna area and stopped the auto (PB10-GK-0650) in which Neelkanth was on wheels while Balvir was sitting in the auto. A case under section 15-61-85 of NDPS Act has been registered against them at City Police Station.

Date: 
Saturday, April 14, 2018