Patiala, April 8 -- The anti-narcotics task force (ANTF) of Punjab Police, on Monday, claimed to have arrested the husband of the sarpanch of Patiala's Raipur Mandlan village with a large cache of drugs.

The accused, Dharminder Singh, the husband of sarpanch Sarabjeet Kaur, was caught with 70 kg poppy husk, 50 kg poppy straw, 77 kg ganja, 250 gm opium and Rs.13 lakh drug money. He was arrested on April 1. Police also seized four cars, including some SUVs, from his possession.

As per information, the Dharminder is a history-sheeter with around 11 cases of drug and liquor smuggling.

BJP leader Jai Inder Kaur shared photos of the accused with AAP MLAs and claimed that he had close links with one of the MLAs of the party.

As per the FIR r...