Ex-gym trainer held with Rs 3-crore heroin
TNN | Apr 11, 2019, 07:22 IST
Ludhiana: The police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a drug peddler after Rs 3-crore heroin was found on him on Rahon Road.
Sooraj Pratap Singh, 22, a former gym trainer and resident of Kali Sadak in Salem Tabri, was nabbed on a tip-off.
The Special Task Force (STF), Ludhiana unit, had set up a checkpost at Khwajke T-point on Rahon Road on Tuesday night. “The police party stopped Sooraj’s bike and during checking, 550 grams of heroin was recovered from his bag. The contraband is worth Rs 3 crore in international market,” said Ludhiana STF in-charge inspector Harbans Singh.
Besides peddling drugs, Sooraj, who hails from Patiala, was financing drug smugglers.
“This is perhaps for the first time police have nabbed a peddler who was also financing drug smugglers. Sooraj was a gym trainer one-and-a-half-year ago. During interrogation, he revealed that after he became friends with some of his gym customers, they introduced him to drugs. As he got hooked to heroin, he started financing drug smugglers a year ago. Sooraj started peddling drugs about eight months ago,” the inspector added.
Sooraj used to procure drugs from Bablu, also a resident of Kali Sadak. “It is suspected that Bablu purchased heroin from outside Ludhiana. The police are on his trail. Sooraj has given names of nearly 10 smugglers to whom he gave money on interest to run the trade. They, too, are on police radar.”
Recent cases
April 6: Vinay Dhingra and Kulwinder Singh of Dehlon arrested with 400 grams of heroin on Tajpur Road
April 5: Aminder Singh of Daba caught with 40 grams of heroin, 2,042 banned medicines and 20 injections in Giaspura; in another case Hardeep Singh Sidhu of Sahnewal nabbed with 460 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.12 crore near Giaspura
March 17: Kuldeep Singh, 36, and Palwinder Singh, 31, residents of Ferozepur district, arrested with 1.3kg heroin near Shimlapuri
March 8: Rahul of Mohali and Amzad Khan of Malerkotla caught with 520-gram heroin on Chandigarh Road
Sooraj Pratap Singh, 22, a former gym trainer and resident of Kali Sadak in Salem Tabri, was nabbed on a tip-off.
The Special Task Force (STF), Ludhiana unit, had set up a checkpost at Khwajke T-point on Rahon Road on Tuesday night. “The police party stopped Sooraj’s bike and during checking, 550 grams of heroin was recovered from his bag. The contraband is worth Rs 3 crore in international market,” said Ludhiana STF in-charge inspector Harbans Singh.
Besides peddling drugs, Sooraj, who hails from Patiala, was financing drug smugglers.
“This is perhaps for the first time police have nabbed a peddler who was also financing drug smugglers. Sooraj was a gym trainer one-and-a-half-year ago. During interrogation, he revealed that after he became friends with some of his gym customers, they introduced him to drugs. As he got hooked to heroin, he started financing drug smugglers a year ago. Sooraj started peddling drugs about eight months ago,” the inspector added.
Sooraj used to procure drugs from Bablu, also a resident of Kali Sadak. “It is suspected that Bablu purchased heroin from outside Ludhiana. The police are on his trail. Sooraj has given names of nearly 10 smugglers to whom he gave money on interest to run the trade. They, too, are on police radar.”
Recent cases
April 6: Vinay Dhingra and Kulwinder Singh of Dehlon arrested with 400 grams of heroin on Tajpur Road
April 5: Aminder Singh of Daba caught with 40 grams of heroin, 2,042 banned medicines and 20 injections in Giaspura; in another case Hardeep Singh Sidhu of Sahnewal nabbed with 460 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.12 crore near Giaspura
March 17: Kuldeep Singh, 36, and Palwinder Singh, 31, residents of Ferozepur district, arrested with 1.3kg heroin near Shimlapuri
March 8: Rahul of Mohali and Amzad Khan of Malerkotla caught with 520-gram heroin on Chandigarh Road
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