The Fatehgarh Sahib police on Thursday arrested Rajwinder Singh alias Raju Rasheen, an aide of international drug smugglers Anoop Singh Kahlon and Jagdish Bhola, and relative of Ravi Deol along with 5 kg of pseudoephedrine worth Rs5 crore in international market.
HS Mann, SSP, Fatehgarh Sahib said a police party led by ASI Darshan Singh laid a naka at Jassran Rajbaha and during checking of a white-coloured Ford Endeavour vehicle bearing registration number PB-07-Z-0606, 5 kg of pseudoephedrine wrapped in a polythene was recovered from Rajwinder Singh. He said an FIR had been registered under various sections of NDPS Act at Gobindgarh police station.
The district police chief said this narcotic material was being used for preparing ‘ice’, a sought-after drug for rave parties. He said that during preliminary interrogation, Rajwinder Singh said he was a class fellow of Gursewak Singh Dhillon, resident of Toronto for over 15 years and native of village leel, PS Pakhowal of ludhiana district.
He said that Dhillon was a regular visitor to India. He admitted that he was getting pseudoephedrine from his relative Ravi Deol and already arrested smuggler Harpreet Singh to further supply it to Gursewak Singh.