Ludhiana, April 20 -- The Khanna police on Saturday said it had arrested three persons involved in "drug peddling" during a cordon-and-search operation (CASO) in multiple areas. SSP Jyoti Yadav said the operation was conducted under the supervision of five deputy superintendents of police and eight station house officers. A total of 78 suspected locations were checked across the police district.

Three suspects were caught from the area falling under the City police station-2 area. Sunil Rinku, a resident of Kartar Nagar in Khanna, was arrested for possessing 100-gram opium while Gurpreet Singh, alias Guri, of Singh Avenue and Avtar Singh of Khanna Khurd were nabbed with 13-gm narcotic powder, the SSP said.

The SSP added that the police ...