Ludhiana, July 22

The Jagraon Sadar police have nabbed a smuggler and recovered 10,000 intoxicating tablets from him. The suspect has been identified as Gaurav, a resident of Moti Bagh in Jagraon.

The investigation officer (IO), Sub Inspector Jugraj Singh, said a tip-off was received about the suspect, who was into the illegal trade of smuggling heroin and banned medicines. Today, he was on way to deliver heroine and banned medicines to his clients, the IO added.

Accordingly, a police party laid naka at a strategic place where the suspect was stopped and arrested, the IO said. During search of his belongings the police recovered 1,000 intoxicating tablets, 3 gm of heroin, Rs10,000 drug money and a digital weighing machine, the IO added. The suspect was supplying banned medicines and drugs to village youth, the IO said. The suspect would be produced in the court to seek his police remand.—TNS