Ex-UP DSP,NRI among 3 held in drug haul case

A Punjab Police spokesman said retired DSP of UP Police,Kirpal Singh,was arrested from Meerut where he was running a pharmaceutical factory. He is one of the main suppliers of raw materials including Amphetamine used in the production of ‘ice’. Around 30 kg of raw material also recovered.

The second arrest was made in Patiala,when police nabbed Harpreet Singh,the alleged conduit between the suppliers and those who sent and distributed the drug abroad. Another police team nabbed UK citizen Kulwant Singh from a hotel in Mahipalpur area of New Delhi. Kulwant,originally from Phagwara in Kapurthala district,was the organiser of the distribution network in Europe and Canada,where this gang used to send the drugs,police said.

Kulwant was planning to fly out of the country on Wednesday (March 20). His ticket has been seized.

The Intelligence Wing of Punjab Police is doing the requisite liaison with UK and Canadian Police authorities to seek more details about Kulwant and Kahlon. A police spokesman said further investigations on the arrested men and the distribution network in Europe and Canada and further to US are in progress.

The names of Olympic medallist Vijender Singh and his close friend and sparring partner Ram Singh had emerged after the unearthing of heroin from Fatehgarh Sahib at an Kahlon’s flat in Zirakpur.