Ludhiana: Gym owner among 4 arrested with 375-kg poppy husk

In the first case, the CIA staff of Khanna police arrested one Jasdev Singh alias Dev of Hambowal village, Machhiwara, Ludhiana, who works as a driver, with 260-kg poppy husk

Khanna police arrested four men in three separate cases on Thursday and recovered 375-kg poppy husk in total from their possession.

In the second case, a gym owner, Rakesh Kumar alias Bunty of Haidon Bet village, Machhiwara, Ludhiana, was arrested with 25-kg poppy husk. (HT FILE PHOTO)

In the first case, the CIA staff of Khanna police arrested one Jasdev Singh alias Dev of Hambowal village, Machhiwara, who works as a driver, with 260-kg poppy husk.

Superintendent of police (SP, investigation) Pragya Jain said that police had stopped Jasdev’s car for checking and recovered 100-kg poppy husk. Based on information provided by him, they recovered another 160-kg of the contraband from his house.

In the second case, a gym owner, Rakesh Kumar alias Bunty of Haidon Bet village, Machhiwara, was arrested with 25-kg poppy husk.

Meanwhile, Darshan Singh of Dhamot Kalan village and Avtar Singh alias Ghola of Fatehgarh Sahib were arrested with 7-kg poppy husk. Based on information provided by them, another 83 kg poppy husk was recovered from their houses.

Jain said that all the accused had been facing trials in cases of drug peddling.