A team of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a person with 9.6 kilo of opium from Sector 40. The contraband was brought from Madhya Pradesh.
Sources in the NCB said that the accused, Gurdarshan Singh, was arrested acting on secret information while 9.6 kilo of opium was seized from his vehicle.The informers had told to NCB that Singh would be near the roundabout of Sector 40 with a consignment of opium in his Tata Indica car bearing Punjab registration number (PB 65-G3035). Following the information, NCB officials erected a special checkpost at the roundabout of Sectors 40 and 41.
The officials at the checkpost signalled the accused to stop and during spot investigation of the vehicle, contraband was found from a black coloured bag. The accused had hidden the contraband under the front front seat of his vehicle, said the officials of NCB.
During preliminary questioning, Gurdarshan Singh revealed that the contraband was received by him and his father in a parking at Zirakpur (Panchkula road near Zirkpur roundabout). A person named Bahadur Singh, resident of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan border area, had delivered the consignment to Gurcharan.
A case under the NDPS Act 1985 has been lodged against Singh. The accused was produced to Duty Magistrate, where he was sent to judicial custody and further investigation is under progress, added the official.