Man held with 1,200 rolls of banned Chinese string

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, December 15

The anti-narcotic cell of the Ludhiana police today nabbed a man and recovered 1,200 rolls of banned Chinese strings.

A case under Sections 188 and 336 of the IPC has been registered against Balram, alias Rinku, resident of New Madhopuri. His accomplice Varun, alias Nishu, resident of New Shivaji Nagar, managed to give the police party the slip.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime, Varinder Singh Brar said the anti-narcotic cell in-charge had received secret information that Balram had brought a huge quantity of banned string and he was on the way to deliver the rolls to his clients.

Accordingly the police party laid a naka on the RK road where after a Tata Ace (PB10GY6307) was stopped for checking. During the search of the vehicle, 25 boxes of banned Chinese strings were recovered and each box contained 48 rolls of strings.

DCP Brar said the Chinese string is banned and whosoever would sell it would face the law. “We have already formed teams to keep tab over the sale of the banned string. The police would conduct raids at all those places where the sellers have kept stock. We also urge the shopkeepers to avoid sale of this deadly string, else they will have to face the music,” added Brar.