Central Jail visitor caught with ‘drug’ in Ludhiana.

Ludhiana: A visitor’s jittery behaviour on Tuesday exposed a clumsy attempt to drop off a special white-powder package to a pair of accused drug dealers inside a high-security local Central Jail. It was substance.

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and prison guards intercepted the suspect, Sukhchain Singh, during routine entry screening before a scheduled meeting with undertrial prisoners Baljinder Singh and Harpreet Singh, who are detained on separate charges under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

Guards searched Sukhchain after noticing suspicious behavior during frisking, and found 8g of a white powder on him. A preliminary field test using a drug detection kit confirmed the substance was a narcotic.

Assistant superintendent of police Jaswinder Singh said investigating officers believed the contraband was intended for delivery inside the prison. Division Number 7 police have registered a fresh case against Sukhchain and both inmates under the NDPS and Prisons Acts.