CHANDIGARH, July 12:
Radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh’s brother Harpreet Singh and two others have been arrested by Jalandhar police in a drug case, officials said on Friday.
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Harpreet Singh alias Happy was nabbed along with another accomplice, identified as Lovepreet Singh alias Luv, on Thursday evening while the duo was preparing to “consume” drugs, Senior Superintendent of Police (Jalandhar Rural) Ankur Gupta said in Jalandhar.
One more person identified as Sandeep Arora, a resident of Ludhiana’s Haibowal area, from whom the duo had allegedly procured the drug, has also been arrested, the SSP said.
Four grams of ICE (methamphetamine) drug was recovered during checking of the car in which Harpreet Singh and Lovepreet Singh were present, Gupta said.
A case under provisions of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act has been registered in the matter, he added.
SSP Gupta said that Punjab Police has been running a special drive against drugs.
“During patrolling, a suspicious car with dark panes and a mesh was found parked on one side of the National Highway in Phillaur,” he said.
“Two persons, identified as Lovepreet Singh alias Luv, son of Gurpreet Singh, under Beas Police Station in Amritsar district, was at the driver’s seat. Another person in the car was identified as Harpreet Singh alias Happy, son of Tarsem Singh, Jallupur Khera, Amritsar district,” the SSP said. (PTI)
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