Two Ludhiana-based taxi drivers held with 20.80 kg drugs

Punjab Police arrested two Ludhiana-based taxi drivers held with 20.80 kg drugs.

Punjab Police’s Special Task Force (STF) has arrested two alleged drug smugglers from Ludhiana and recovered 20.80 kg amphetamine or crystal meth, notoriously known as ICE, said Inspector General of Police (IGP) STF Gurinder Singh Dhillon.

The operation was carried out by the teams of STF Ludhiana led by Assistant IGP, Snehdeep Sharma.

Those arrested have been identified as Harpreet Singh alias Bobby, 40, of village Sanet in Ludhiana, and Arjun, 26, of Ambedkar Nagar in Ludhiana. Both are taxi drivers in Ludhiana.

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The Police have also booked the main supplier, identified as Vishal alias Vinay, a resident of Labour Colony Ludhiana.

Divulging details, IGP Gurinder Singh Dhillon said that following reliable information that Harpreet and Arjun would deliver supply of Ice at T-Point in BRS Nagar Ludhiana on their motorcycle Honda Dream (PB10EU6811), police team led by In-charge STF Ludhiana Range Insp Harbans Singh raided the location and managed to arrest both the smugglers after recovering 2kg Ice concealed in Black colour bag along with a weighing machine from their possession.

He said that during the investigation, the accused persons confessed to having been selling Ice drugs for over four years on the instructions of Vishal, who is learnt to be the Kingpin. Vinay, who is otherwise working as a realtor, is a step-brother of Arjun and used to supply the Ice via Arjun and Harpreet.