Jalandhar country police on Tuesday captured a medication runner with 55kg of opium during an extraordinary checking close to Kartarpur here.

The denounced has been recognized as Yudhvir Singh, nom de plume Yodha, of Devidaspur town in Jandiala Guru, Amritsar.

Yudhvir is a broadcasted guilty party and is needed as a rule enrolled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The police additionally held onto a Toyota Urban Cruiser SUV from him, said chief general of police Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota in a delivery.

The DGP said police had set up a “naka” (actually take a look at boundary) on the Kartarpur-Kishanpura street as a component of a continuous extraordinary drive against drugs.

The police group flagged the SUV being driven by Yudhvir to stop for checking, he said. Upon its pursuit, 55kg of the stash was recuperated from his ownership. Yudhvir’s associate, Palwinder Singh, pseudonym Sunny, of Amritsar figured out how to escape, he said in an assertion.

During starter cross examination, Yudhvir uncovered that he had gotten the transfer through a medication runner, Navpreet Singh, false name Nav, a local of Vajir Bhullar town in Beas, and is by and by dwelling abroad, the DGP said.

“Yudhvir uncovered that Nav has been providing a lot of medications, for the most part opium and heroin, in Punjab through his associates. Appropriately, Nav was confronting criminal cases under NDPS Act and is additionally needed in a homicide case in Phillaur. As of late, Nav’s name additionally showed up in the 300kg heroin transfer recuperated by the exceptional cell of Delhi Police,” he said.

Jalandhar SSP (provincial) Satinder Singh said examinations are on and more recuperations and captures are relied upon to be made soon.