Moga police arrest drug smuggler, 2.5kg opium seized

Moga, July 25 The Moga police arrested a drug-smuggler from the Malwa region, SSP Gulneet Singh Khurana said here on Monday. Parlaad Jaat, a resident of Lohana village of Chittorgarh district in Rajasthan, was arrested and 2.5kg of opium was...

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Updated At : 05:12 PM Jul 25, 2022 IST

Moga, July 25

The Moga police arrested a drug-smuggler from the Malwa region, SSP Gulneet Singh Khurana said here on Monday.

Parlaad Jaat, a resident of Lohana village of Chittorgarh district in Rajasthan, was arrested and 2.5kg of opium was seized from him.

A case under Sections 18, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act was registered against him at the Mehna police station, the SSP said.

He was arrested from the vicinity of Mehna village on Sunday night. He had come to Moga for the delivery of opium to a local peddler, who is yet to be identified.

He would be produced before a judicial magistrate on Monday to seek his police remand, said a police official.