Movement hit amid curfew, drug peddlers turn ‘innovative’
Sukhmeet Bhasin
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, April 21
4 held in Bathinda
On a tip-off, the police intercepted a car near Nandgarh in Bathinda on Monday
AdvertisementOne of the four car occupants had a plaster on his leg; he said he and his friends were going to see a doctor
Suspicious, the police searched the car and found heroin; the plaster was fake, the police said
In view of the tight police security on account of the Covid-19 lockdown, drug peddlers are finding innovative ways to smuggle drugs. This came to the fore on Monday when the Bathinda team of the Special Task Force (STF) nabbed four men coming from New Delhi with 262 gm of heroin.
On a tip-off, the police accosted a car near Nandgarh. On being questioned about the purpose of venturing out, one of the four car occupants, showing the plaster on his leg, said he and his friends were going to see a doctor.
Suspicious, the police searched the car and found heroin. The plaster was fake, the police have said.
The four accused — identified as Devsharan, Buta Singh, Kala Singh and Sonu — were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at the Nandgarh police station.
Gursharan Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, STF, Bathinda, said Sonu, who had a fake plaster, had a rod in his leg.
On April 9, two of the four accused allegedly made a fake curfew pass and managed to reach Delhi, from where they bought the drugs. They also managed to return to Bathinda without being caught.
They were, however, nabbed when they ventured out to sell the drugs. They were caught from Ballaram Nagar here.
In another incident, the STF caught a man posing as a combine mechanic with drugs when he was returning from Delhi after buying the contraband.
