PATIALA: Authorities of New District Jail in Nabha have alerted narcotics division of the state police to keep a close watch on 12 Nigerians, who've lately been shifted from Ropar Jail. The transfer has come after 9 mobiles telephones have been seized from the possession of the inmates. The government additionally cautioned that the accused might be working a racket from throughout the jail they have been in earlier than.
The inmates, who have been shifted to Ropar Jail the day earlier than, are sentenced underneath the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) Act. They have been arrested throughout various raids across the state and in Delhi.
It has been realized that Nabha police have registered a case in opposition to them for illegally possessing cell phones. In its report, the government of the New District Jail informed state police department about the potential of a drug racket being run from inside of Ropar Jail.
“At the time when the 12 undertrials have been being shifted to New District Jail from Ropar, I ordered an intensive check of their assets. It was once then that we found a mobile phone hidden within the clothes of one of the inmates. This brought on us to hold out an in depth search. Therefore, we checked different assets of all inmates and seized 9 cell phones from them,” stated deputy superintendent of jails Ramandeep Singh Bhangu.
“Despite looking a number of occasions, we failed to search out SIM cards. However, this doesn't imply that the gadgets weren't being used,” he added.
The inmates, who have been shifted to Ropar Jail the day earlier than, are sentenced underneath the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) Act. They have been arrested throughout various raids across the state and in Delhi.
It has been realized that Nabha police have registered a case in opposition to them for illegally possessing cell phones. In its report, the government of the New District Jail informed state police department about the potential of a drug racket being run from inside of Ropar Jail.
“At the time when the 12 undertrials have been being shifted to New District Jail from Ropar, I ordered an intensive check of their assets. It was once then that we found a mobile phone hidden within the clothes of one of the inmates. This brought on us to hold out an in depth search. Therefore, we checked different assets of all inmates and seized 9 cell phones from them,” stated deputy superintendent of jails Ramandeep Singh Bhangu.
“Despite looking a number of occasions, we failed to search out SIM cards. However, this doesn't imply that the gadgets weren't being used,” he added.
Cops alerted after phones seized in jail
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