Jalandhar (Rural) police on Sunday arrested two alleged drug smugglers, with five kg of poppy husk.
The police received a success when the police of Police Station Bhogpur arrested two narcotic smugglers and recovered five kg charas from them during a special drive launched against narcotic smugglers and anti-social elements on the directions issued by Jalandhar (Rural) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Navjot Singh Mahal, and under the supervision of SP (Investigation) Balkar Singh, DSP (Adampur) Surinder Kumar.
SSP Mahal informed that Sub-Inspector Surjit Singh, SHO Bhogpur along with ASI Paramjit Singh, ASI Bhupinder Singh and police party laid a naka at Bholath turning point where information was received that Gurdial Singh alias Bagga and Karnail Singh, in a without number black three-wheeler are coming from Tanda to Bhogpur.
From a long period, they were bringing the consignments of charas from Damtal, Himachal Pradesh, and sell the same by reaping huge margins, said the SSP.
SSP informed that an FIR, dated September 1, 2018, under section 20 of the NDPS Act was registered in Bhogpur Police Station, Jalandhar (Rural) district.
Both the accused were intercepted at the naka and were arrested and from their possession five kg charas was recovered. A thorough probe from the accused is being conducted and more revelations are to be expected, he said.