Punjab police arrest pharmacist-associate of NRI drug smuggler
Tuesday, 12/03/2013
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Fatehgarh Sahib : Punjab police have arrested a pharmacist who used to conduct authenticity tests of drugs for international drug smugglers from Ludhiana city late on Sunday, police sources said.
The accused was identified as Sunil Katyal, a resident of Naseeb Avenue in Ludhiana. He was an associate of NRI smuggler Anoop Singh Kahlon, who was arrested with a huge quantity of heroin from Mohali on March 7.
“Katyal, who works with a private pharmaceutical company, is a close associate of Kahlon. He had taken drugs many times to his owner’s laboratory to test their authenticity. He was getting a fixed commission for his job,” a police official here said.
Police said Katyal had been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and his interrogation was being done.
Police expect to get clues about other drug smugglers operating in the state from Katyal
The police may not have been able to trace the chemical recovered in huge quantity along with heroin in the drug haul, but they have identified the two chemicals mixed to prepare the intoxicant powder.
Fatehgarh Sahib SSP Hardial Singh Mann said this chemical was being sent to the laboratory, but the other chemicals were identified as Pseudoephedrine and Ketamine.
Police deny Bhola’s arrest
Fatehgarh Sahib: In the multi-crore drug haul case, the Fatehgarh Sahib police on Monday brought another agent Paramjit Singh on production warrants from Tihar Jail, Delhi, where he was lodged in another case. Two persons Manpreet Singh and Gabbar Singh who were arrested a few days back from Mughal Majra village had reportedly told the police about Singh’s involvement following which he was brought here.
Singh is a resident of Mansarovar area of New Delhi. He has been brought here till March 15 and the police would produce him in the court on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, a rumor about the arrest of Jagdish Bhola kept mediapersons on toes but Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Hardial Singh Mann denied his arrest.
There was also a rumor that boxer Ram Singh could be formally arrested on Monday but nothing happened till filing this story.
