Tarn Taran, March 21 -- Police on Thursday arrested another member of the drug and hawala syndicate, which was dismantled on March 17, and seized Rs.12 lakh drug money, a pistol and four live rounds. Identified as Iqbal Singh, the accused is a resident of Khabbe Rajputan village falling under the Sarhali police station.

As much as Rs.10 lakh was also seized from the house of already arrested accused Satnam Singh, alias Sagar, a resident of Basarke Gillan village in Amritsar district.

Tarn Taran SSP Abhimanyu Rana said 7-kg opium, three pistols (.30 bore) with six magazines, Rs.23.10 lakh in drug money and a currency counting machine have been seized from the arrested persons. "Iqbal has confessed to channeling Rs.50 crore over the last ...