2 constables held for drug smuggling
Monday, 21/10/2013
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Kapurthala : The district police nabbed two Punjab police personnel on the charge of smuggling heroin and other narcotic substance last evening. The accused have been identified as Sukhwinder Singh, a constable deployed at the Sadar police station, and Buta Ram, also a constable suspended in a similar case.
Acting on a tip-off, the CIA staff of the district police intercepted an Indica car on the Kapurthala-Goindwal Sahib road. Lakhwinder Singh, in charge CIA staff, said following a search, the police seized 100 gm of heroin and 530 gm of narcotic powder from Sukhwinder and Buta Ram.
A case under the NDPS Act was registered against the duo. They were today produced before a local court which remanded them to police custody for one day. Senior Superintendent of Police Inderbir Singh said Sukhwinder had been placed under suspension and a departmental inquiry initiated against him.
