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Punjabi Singer Gurjant Singh, Accomplice Held For Possessing With 1.5-Kg Heroin, Arms

Darpan News Desk IANS, 19 Feb, 2018 02:05 PM
    The Punjab Police on Saturday arrested a Punjabi singer and his accomplice and recovered drugs and illegal weapons from their possession.
     
     
    Those arrested by the Punjab Police's Special Task Force (STF) include Punjabi singer Gurjant Singh, 24, and his accomplice Surjit Singh. They have been booked under the NDPS Act and Arms Act.
     
     
    The arrest were made after sub-inpector Harbans Singh, in-charge of the anti-drug STF at Ludhiana, and his men set up a naka at the T-point near Mattewara on Rahon Road upon getting a tip-off, the AIG said. “The two men were in a Ford Figo hatchback when they reversed and tried to speed away upon seeing the checkpoint. Policemen chased them down and seized the car too.”
     
     
    “Surjit Singh said that he is a farmer, but he was into drug peddling for the past two years. He used to procure drugs from smugglers near the Pakistan border. Gurjant is into smuggling since the past six months. We have launched a manhunt to arrest Nirmal Singh too. We are investigating their past criminal record, if any.” the AIG added.
     
     
    He further said that the mobile phone recovered from the duo had an Italy number registered in the name of “Sonu”. In its contact list, police said they found numbers of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Vancouver and Dubai. The duo allegedly told the cops that they used WhatsApp calling — which bypasses tapping — to stay in touch with the “suppliers”.
     
     
    STF Assistant Inspector General Mukhwinder Singh Bhullar said Gurjant had been ‘smuggling’ drugs for the past six months. “His brother Nirmal Singh is also allegedly involved in ‘smuggling’. The cops are on the lookout for him too,” he said.
     
     
    Assistant Inspector General (AIG), STF, Mukhwinder Singh Bhullar, told the media here that the arrested persons were associated with smugglers in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Vancouver (Canada) and Dubai (UAE).
     
     
    Bhullar said that Gurjant, whose songs have over seven lakh views on YouTube, allegedly used drug money to produce his music videos.

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