Police nab peddler wanted in 4-mth-old drug trafficking case

Amritsar, February 4

The Amritsar Rural Police have arrested an alleged drug peddler, identified as Rajwinder Singh, alias Goldy (27), a resident of border village Hardo Rattan falling under the Gharinda police station here.

He had been evading arrest for the past four months. He was booked by the Gharinda police in connection with cross-border drug trafficking using drones. A case was registered against him on September 12 last year. Along with him, the police had booked Ranjit Singh of the same village. He was yet to be arrested.

According to the police, they had received a tip-off that Rajwinder and Ranjit had links with Pakistan-based narcotic and arms smugglers and they used to retrieve drug consignments smuggled from across the International Border through a drone. The police had recovered a drone from an agricultural field at Hardo Rattan village. However, the duo had escaped from the spot at that time.

Manmeetpal Singh, SHO, Gharinda police station, said he had been hiding at his Nanka village in Lopoke area. The police have recovered a mobile phone from him. The police also found Pakistani mobile phone numbers. He said he was produced in a court and brought on five-day police remand for further investigations. The police hope to make recovery during his interrogation.

Meanwhile, the Gharinda police seized 265-gm heroin from Onkar Singh, a resident of Bhindi Aulakh Kalan village. He was intercepted by a police patrol party from near the Dhanoe Khurd T-point. He was travelling on a bike (PB-06-AW-7316) when the police signalled him to stop.

According to the police, he took out a polythene bag from his pocket and threw it away. During his search, the police found the contraband from it. A case under the NDPS act was registered against him and further probe was on to ascertain the source of the narcotics. He would be produced in a court tomorrow.