Bathinda: Four arrested as police seize over 5.5 kg opium in two operations

Bathinda police arrested four men in two separate operations — 4.5 kg of opium from a pickup near Jethuke village and 1.032 kg from a car in the Maur area — and said the supply links behind the consignments are being traced.

Awaaz Punjab Investigations Desk28 October 20262 min readRead in all 3 languages

Bathinda police have arrested four persons and seized over 5.5 kilograms of opium in two separate operations in the district, Superintendent of Police (Investigation) Manoj Gorsi said, adding that teams are tracing the supply networks connected to the accused.

Source: The Unmute

In the first operation, a CIA-1 team intercepted a pickup vehicle near Jethuke village and recovered 4.5 kilograms of opium. The two occupants — Gurdeep Singh, 33, of Khokhar village, and Harpal Singh alias Sonu, 47, of Rampura city — were arrested. Police said Gurdeep Singh was previously booked by Sangat police in connection with a 10-kilogram poppy husk recovery.

In the second operation, a team from Maur police station intercepted a car and seized 1.032 kilograms of opium. Ramanpreet Singh, 24, of Jogipur village in Patiala district, and Ranveer Singh alias Rana, 20, of Bhaini Bagha village in Mansa district, were arrested.

Source: The Tribune via Inshorts

Police said Ramanpreet Singh allegedly supplied the contraband to Ranveer Singh. They added that Ramanpreet Singh faces a prior attempt-to-murder charge and had claimed to be enrolled at Punjabi University, Patiala — an assertion police said is still being verified.

Investigators said forward and backward linkages of both consignments are being examined to identify the wider supply chain. The cases add to the district police's ongoing action against drug trafficking in the Bathinda region.

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