LUDHIANA: Police arrested two drug peddlers with 71,100 intoxicating capsules from GT Road in Khanna on Tuesday afternoon.
Sunil Kumar, 25, a resident of Model Town, Dhariwal, and Ash Masih, 30, of Alowal village in
Gurdaspur district had procured the capsules from Saharanpur,
Uttar Pradesh, to sell those in
Jalandhar.
Khanna SP-1 Jasvir Singh said the two were arrested at a checkpoint set up near a mall on GT Road.
“The duo was carrying two bags. On suspicion, the police team deployed at the checkpost stopped them. During checking, banned capsules were recovered from their possession,” he added.
The SP said they have approached
Gurdaspur police to know if the duo has a criminal background.
A case has been registered.