LUDHIANA: Khanna police on Friday arrested two drug peddlers after recovering 2kg opium and 65 bottles of intoxicants at various places in the area.Giving details, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Khanna said as part of the special campaign against drug trafficking and misdemeanours, Khanna police had set up a checkpost at a mall on GT Road for checking suspected vehicles and persons. He added that during the checking, a jeep was coming from Gobindgarh side, which the police party stopped on suspicion.The SSP said that on being asked, persons in the vehicle identified themselves as Ravinder Singh Yadav of and Anish, both from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. He added that on checking the persons and the vehicle, police recovered 2kg opium from their vehicle, and arrested the accused on the spot. Police have booked them under various sections of the NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act at Sadar Khanna police station.Superintendent of police (SP) Investigation Jasvir Singh said the accused had brought the consignment from their home town, and were to supply it in Ludhiana and Samrala. He added that the accused had packed the consignment in the window’s inner space.In the second case, a police party was checking suspicious vehicles and persons on GT Road, Khanna. Police said during the checking, a person coming on foot from Gobindgarh side through a service lane was stopped and checked. The person checking identified himself as Ashiq Hussain of Lajpat Nagar in Delhi.The SSP said that on frisking him, police recovered 65 bottles of ‘onerex’ (intoxicants) from the custody of the accused, after which the police party arrested him on the spot under Section 22/61/85 of the NDPS Act at Sadar Khanna police station.

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