Murder suspect among 2 nabbed with 350-gm heroin

The Ludhiana police claimed to have arrested two persons and recovered 350 gm of heroin from their possession in separate incidents.

In the first case, the CIA -2 wing of the city police arrested a man and seized 130 gm of heroin and Rs 17,000 drug money from his possession. The suspect has been identified as Rinku (33), a resident of Fateh Singh Nagar. CIA in-charge inspector Rajesh Sharma said when he, along with the CIA team, was conducting a patrolling in Transport Nagar, he got a tip-off that the suspect, who was into heroin smuggling trade, was carrying heroin to be delivered to his client in the city. Following which, the CIA team conducted a raid and nabbed the man along with the drug. The police also seized Rs 17,000 drug money, one digital weighing machine and a motorcycle from him.

During investigation, it came to the fore that the suspect also has a criminal past as a case of drug smuggling was registered against him at Police Division 6 in March this year and he had come out on bail in April and again started the illegal trade.

In the other incident, a team led by anti-narcotics cell in-charge SI Narpinderpal Singh yesterday arrested a man and seized 220 gm of heroin from his possession. The suspect has been identified as Navjot Singh, alias Bablu, a resident of Kali Sadak.

The SI in a statement issued stated that when the suspect was questioned and frisked on suspicion during a patrolling on Kali Sadak, heroin was seized from him. He was arrested and a case under the NDPS Act was registered. Now, the police remand of the suspect would be sought from the court so that during his further questioning, the entire drug supply line could be busted and big heroin suppliers also be nabbed.

Navjot also had a criminal past as two murder cases were registered against him in 2008 and 2020, respectively.