Man caught with opium

Mohali, July 5 The police arrested a Ludhiana resident with two kg of opium near the Jharmari barrier in Lalru today. The suspect has been identified as Jaswinder Singh, alias Jassa, a resident of Salem Tabri in Ludhiana. The police...

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 12:20 PM Jul 06, 2023 IST

Mohali, July 5

The police arrested a Ludhiana resident with two kg of opium near the Jharmari barrier in Lalru today.

The suspect has been identified as Jaswinder Singh, alias Jassa, a resident of Salem Tabri in Ludhiana.

The police said the suspect tried to hide a bag which made cops suspicious. The bag was checked and the contraband was found in it.

The police said the suspect was already booked in a case under the NDPS Act at Ludhiana in 2019.

A case under the NDPS Act has now been registered at the Lalru police station. The suspect was produced in a court, which sent him to one-day police remand.