Jalandhar: The Jalandhar Commissionerate Police on Thursday busted an interstate gang involved in smuggling of charas and seized 1.680 kg of drug from them. Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said the CIA staff had set up a special naka at Dairy Chowk in Model Town. He said the team spotted a white Swift car but after noticing the police party the driver of the car tried to turn the car. However, Bhullar said the police party nabbed three youths sitting in the car, identified as Varun Kumar, Mohit Sharma and Simranjeet Singh Randhawa. During checking, the police seized 900-gm charas from Varun Kumar, 700-gm from Mohit Sharma and 80-gm from Simranjeet Singh Randhawa. Bhullar said that on investigation the accused revealed that they used to bring the drug from Himachal and sell it at high rates in the state. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against the trio TNS

Two booked for illegal mining

Hoshiarpur: The Model Town police have booked two unidentified persons for illegal mining. Harminder Pal Singh, JE-cum-mining inspector, complained to the police that he, along with staff members of the department, was on a special drive to check illegal mining in the area. During this, they saw a tractor-trolley in Dagana Khurd Choe. On seeing the Mining Department officials the tractor driver fled the spot leaving the vehicle behind. The police have impounded the tractor-trolley and registered a case against unidentified driver and owner of the vehicle. oc

Common centre at Mehatpur

Jalandhar: With the objective of providing Aadhaar card related and other essential services to the people in a better and timely manner, a common service centre (CSC) was inaugurated at Mehatpur. DM Gurpreet Singh said this service would facilitate those who want to apply for their Aadhaar cards or want corrections in it. He said apart from this, the CSC would also provide other online services like electricity bill payment, PAN card, etc. He called upon the people to avail maximum benefits of this service centre on time. He said in the future, many more important services will be provided to the people in a smooth and timely manner. TNS

2 held with 6,800 banned tablets

Jalandhar: The Jalandhar police on Friday arrested two drug peddlers and seized 6,800 tramadol tablets from them. Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said a police party, led by Sub-Inspector Bhagatveer Singh, had set up a special naka at T-point near Lal Rattan Cinema. He said the police got a clue that Ashwani Sharma of Krishna Medical Store was supplying tramadol drugs in his car. Bhullar said the Sub-Inspector accompanied by Drug Inspector Anupam Kalia raided the shop and conducted the extensive checking of the car and found 3,800 tramadol tablets in the car. He said the policy party conducted a raid at Shakti Trader Medical Shop and seized 3,000 tramadol tablets from the shop. The police have arrested its owner Samrat Sabharwal and registered a case. TNS