Drug peddler held with pistols

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 12

A 32-year-old drug peddler, who used to supply arms to gangsters in Punjab, was today nabbed by the UT police with two pistols, six cartridges and 40 gm of heroin.

A team, led by Inspector Ram Rattan, SHO of the Sector 17 police station, arrested the suspect, Vijay Rajput, a native of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, who was at present residing in Ludhiana. He was nabbed at a naka in Sector 17.

The police said Rajput was supplying weapons to gangsters. “We have recovered a .30 bore pistol, which was purchased by Vijay from UP, for Rs50,000 and would have been sold for Rs1 lakh. Meanwhile, another 32 bore pistol was purchased for Rs25,000 and was meant to be sold for Rs50,000,” the SHO said.

The police said heroin was procured by Vijay from African nationals in Delhi. “He had come to supply drugs in the city when he was caught,” the police said.

A case has been registered against the suspect under the Arms Act and the NDPS Act at the Sector 17 police station.