4 nabbed with 5 kg smack; Largest haul of smack in Punjab

Amritsar, Jan 23 (UNI) Special Narcotics Cell of the Punjab Police arrested four people, including a woman, and seized five kg smack from their car in the Kotwali area of the city in the single largest haul of contraband in the state, police said today.

DIG (Counter Intelligence) Jagdish Mittal said on a specific information, the police intercepted the car late last night and on search recovered five kg smack from the four occupants.

The four accused, identified as Jagdish, Amar, Amar Lal, all from Punjab and a woman identified as Uma from Rajasthan, were taken into custody and later arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) Act.

The DIG said it was the single largest haul of smack seized in Punjab till date. Earlier, the seizures were in small quantities but this time it was in kilogrammes, the DIG said.

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