Punjab General News
Vijender in trouble: 80 calls to drug dealer; 12 drug encounters
Monday, 01/04/2013
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab police have tightened it noose around Beijing Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh, who, it said, has taken drugs on at least 12 occasions and exchanged calls with the arrested NRI durg peddler about 80 times.
Role of police in Rs 130-crore drug haul to be investigated
Saturday, 30/03/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130330/punjab.htm#18
Fatehgarh Sahib : The district police is probing the role of former policemen indicted in the recent Rs 130-crore heroin seizure at Zirakpur. It is said that they might have been helping international drug trafficker and former DSP Jagdish Singh Bhola evade arrest.
Heroin haul: Punjab police dismiss boxer Ram Singh, SI
Thursday, 28/03/2013
http://punjabnewsline.com/news/Heroin-haul_-Punjab-police-raid-SI___s-residence.html
FATEHGARH SAHIB/CHANDIGARH: Punjab police today dismissed head constable and boxer Ram Singh for his alleged role in the drugs deals, along with sub inspector Sarabjit Singh from whose Nayagaon house the sleuths Wednesday recovered a cache of 2.6 kg opium and 1 kg of powdery substance in a raid.
Amritsar gang-rape another blot on face of Badals: Bajwa
Tuesday, 26/03/2013
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President Partap Singh Bajwa today said that gang-rape with a girl in Amritsar has added another blot on the face of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal who boasts high on law and order situation in the state.
Prison warders can now check inmates for drugs
Tuesday, 26/03/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130326/punjab.htm#12
Bathinda : Following a series of incidents of smuggling of drugs and other prohibited material inside various jails in the state, the Punjab Government has armed head warders and head matrons with powers to take action against culprits under Sections 42 and 67 of the NDPS (Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substance) Act.
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