RS 4-CRORE CHARAS SEIZED, 2 HELD
Mohali May 11:
In one of the largest narcotics haul in Punjab, the Mohali police here today arrested two persons allegedly ferrying charas worth Rs 4 crore across the Punjab-Haryana border.
A team led by SHO, Lalru, Sukhvinder Singh nabbed the two while they were travelling on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway. The drugs weighing over 25 kg was hidden in various cavities of their Maruti car. The arrested include Rajesh Kumar, alias Raja, a resident of Sonepat, and Brij Raj, a disciple of a religious dera in Panipat.
The SSP, SAS Nagar, R.S. Khatra, said at a press conference that the two were planning to sell the raw drugs to other drug dealers, who distributed it to peddlers in Mumbai, Goa and other places in India. The drugs had been sourced from a place called Thanag in Kulu and the two were taking it to Panipat to sell it further.
Working on a secret information, the police had put up a special naka on the road and asked the two to stop their car. The car was filled with fumes emanating from the drugs though they could not be located immediately. A thorough search of the car revealed that the drugs were hidden in empty boxes of audio speakers, cavities in the glove box and other nooks and corners of the car.
The sub-divisional judicial magistrate, Dera Bassi, Naval Kumar, has sent the two to three days of police custody. The police said teams of the Lalru police would be raiding various places in Kulu and Panipat to unearth the up and down links of the two peddlers.
Mohali May 11:
In one of the largest narcotics haul in Punjab, the Mohali police here today arrested two persons allegedly ferrying charas worth Rs 4 crore across the Punjab-Haryana border.
A team led by SHO, Lalru, Sukhvinder Singh nabbed the two while they were travelling on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway. The drugs weighing over 25 kg was hidden in various cavities of their Maruti car. The arrested include Rajesh Kumar, alias Raja, a resident of Sonepat, and Brij Raj, a disciple of a religious dera in Panipat.
The SSP, SAS Nagar, R.S. Khatra, said at a press conference that the two were planning to sell the raw drugs to other drug dealers, who distributed it to peddlers in Mumbai, Goa and other places in India. The drugs had been sourced from a place called Thanag in Kulu and the two were taking it to Panipat to sell it further.
Working on a secret information, the police had put up a special naka on the road and asked the two to stop their car. The car was filled with fumes emanating from the drugs though they could not be located immediately. A thorough search of the car revealed that the drugs were hidden in empty boxes of audio speakers, cavities in the glove box and other nooks and corners of the car.
The sub-divisional judicial magistrate, Dera Bassi, Naval Kumar, has sent the two to three days of police custody. The police said teams of the Lalru police would be raiding various places in Kulu and Panipat to unearth the up and down links of the two peddlers.
