Punjab: Woman among three arrested with drugs by Hoshiarpur police

HOSHIARPUR: District Hoshiarpur police have apprehended three persons including a woman with a recovery of 1.6kg heroin, 580gm opium, 560gm gold, drug money Rs 50 lakh, a Swift car. SSP Navjot Singh Mahal said that a police party intercepted a car near Tanda Chowk on Tuesday and on suspicion police party checked the pockets of a youth and found 45 gram heroin from one of his pockets and 25 gram & Rs. 50,000 from the pocket of another youth. The both have been identified as Pushpinder Singh alias Tinku of local Naraian Nagar and Amit Chaudhary of Bassi Khawaju locality. In their preliminary questioning they revealed that they were involved in drug peddling and they had procured the drugs from Jasvir Singh alias Gajju and his accomplice Jagroop Kaur. He said immediately police party raided the house of Jasvir Singh at Green Avenue, Jandiala, Amritsar and Jagrup Kaur, who lived with him was involved in smuggling drugs, was apprehended by the police party with 100gm heroin while Jasvir Singh managed to flee. During search of the house police party also recovered 1 kg 480 gm heroin, opium, gold and drug money. SSP Mahal said, “entire matter is being investigated thoroughly and action is being initiated to forfeit and attach the property earned from drug money by drug smugglers, the same process will be followed in this case under section 68F of NDPS Act at the earliest.” He also told that two cases under NDPS act had already been registered against Gajju in Mohali while five cases were already registered against Pushpinder in Hoshiarpur.