Ludhiana: The police have arrested five persons and booked six others for violation of Covid-related restrictions and prohibitory orders under Section 188 IPC on Sunday night. The arrested persons have been identified as Krishan Mishra and Surinder both working with a goods transport company at Iqbal Ganj Chowk Mithlesh and Vijay Nandan workers at a ahata (drinking place) and Rakesh Kumar employee of a liquor vend near Old Shivpuri puli. Those booked under Section 188 IPC for keeping their shops open after stipulated closure orders were a grocery shop owner from New Ashapuri a telecom shop owner from Baba Namdev Colony an unidentified worker of Basant Fast Food Fountain Chowk the owner of Hans Dhaba the owner of Nancy Fast Food and the owner of a salon all in Basti Andullapur. oc Two arrested with heroin Ludhiana: The police have arrested two persons Rajinder Kumar a resident of Aliwal village and Gurpreet Singh of Phullanwal village under Sections 21-B 29 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act for possessing 35 gm of heroin. The police said the duo who were coming in a Bolero Pik-Up vehicle (bearing registration no. PB 10 EV 5344) from the Lalton Kalan side were stopped at a naka on suspicion. The search of their vehicle led to the recovery of the contraband. The vehicle was also impounded. oc 3 held illicit liquor seized Ludhiana: The police have arrested three persons with illicit liquor in two raids and seized 11 bottles of illicit countrymade liquor from their possession. Ravinder Singh and Gurwinder Singh residents of Manjit Nagar were nabbed while they were travelling in a Huyndai i20 car (bearing registration No. HR-02AH-0711) near the Basti Abdullapur railway crossing. Search of the vehicle led to the recovery of six bottles of raw countrymade liquor. Gurnam Singh was nabbed from Railway Colony No. 5 from near Shiv Mandir while selling countrymade liquor and five bottles of liquor were seized from him. All accused have been booked under Sections 61 1 and 14 of the Excise Act. oc Illegal mining: 2 tractors seized Ludhiana: The police have impounded two tractors with sand-laden trollies in a raid conducted in connection with illegal sand mining from the Sutlej bed near Chaunta village. While the accused gave the police a slip they left a Swaraj and a Sonalika tractors both without registration numbers and two sand-laden trollies on the spot. The police have registered a case under Section 379 Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 21 of the Mining Act against unidentified persons and were investigating the matter. oc

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