Ludhiana, May 20 -- Two days after the arrest of an army personnel for alleged drug peddling, the Ludhiana rural police have arrested two more serving army personnel for allegedly smuggling heroin from the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and distributing it in Punjab.

The arrests have sparked serious concerns about the infiltration of drug networks into highly disciplined institutions like the armed forces.

According to police officials, the trio-currently posted in Srinagar-were using their leave periods to transport heroin, smuggled from Pakistan across the LoC, to local drug peddlers in Punjab. The three accused have been identified as Vikramjit Singh, 25, a sepoy from Bhanour village in Ludhiana district, Jaswinder Singh ...