Punjab police officer, a specialist in anti-drug raids, arrested
According to reports, large bundles were carried out of his home in Phagwara, around 100 km from Chandigarh. Around 3 kg of smack, 4 kg of heroin, an Italian-make pistol, an AK 47 rifle and around 400 live cartridges including those of AK 47s were found at his house in Jalandhar's police lines. Over 16 lakhs cash was also found, besides around 3,500 pounds.
He is the first big catch for the Special Task Force set up by the Amarinder Singh government that came to power in March this year promising, among other things, a war against the state's raging drug problem.
Special Task Force chief Harpreet Sidhu has been quoted as saying that Singh's service record showed a sudden spurt in contraband seizures wherever he was posted and there was 100 per cent success in his raids.
But in almost every case the accused were eventually freed by the court because of lacunae in the cases, which emerged as a pattern and gave rise to suspicion among a section of high police officials.
The suspicion was confirmed during raids that began early Monday morning.
Singh was charged and produced in a court around 10 pm. He has been sent to custody till June 19.
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