Archive · 14 Jan 2026
Drug Busts in Bengaluru and Panchkula
The police in Panchkula and Bengaluru have been busy stopping drug smugglers.
In Panchkula, they caught a man named Gurnit Singh who was sending opium hidden inside chocolate boxes to Bengaluru.
They found 74 grams of opium.
In Bengaluru, the police arrested two foreign people who were selling drugs.
They found cocaine and another drug called hydro ganja.
The drugs were worth a lot of money, almost Rs 1 crore.
The police are now trying to find out who gave the drugs to these people and who was supposed to get them.
They want to stop more drugs from being sold.
Opium was concealed inside chocolate boxes and sent to Bengaluru through a courier service.
Gurnit Singh was arrested with 74 grams of opium in his possession in Panchkula.
Bengaluru police arrested two foreign nationals in separate drug cases, seizing cocaine and hydro ganja worth nearly Rs 1 crore.
The suspicious parcel was reported by DTDC Express Courier Company on September 10.
The accused were produced in court and remanded for further interrogation.
- Who
- Gurnit Singh (alias Gunnu), a resident of Mohali, and two foreign nationals (nationality undisclosed)
- What
- Smuggling of opium, cocaine, and hydro ganja
- When
- September 10 (incident in Panchkula), January 12 (arrest in Panchkula), January 14 (arrests in Bengaluru)
- Where
- Panchkula and Bengaluru
- Why
- To transport and supply drugs in Bengaluru
- Accused Name
- Gurnit Singh (alias Gunnu), two foreign nationals (nationality undisclosed)
- Drug Recovered
- 74 grams of opium, 101 grams of cocaine, 481 grams of hydro ganja
- Date of Incident
- September 10 (Panchkula), January 14 (Bengaluru)
- Date of Arrest
- January 12 (Panchkula), January 14 (Bengaluru)
- Location of Arrest
- Sector 44D, Chandigarh (Panchkula), JEIS Layout and K R Puram (Bengaluru)
- Courier Company
- DTDC Express Courier Company (Panchkula)
- Legal Action
- Case registered under Section 18 of the NDPS Act (Panchkula)
- Police Remand Duration
- 6 days (Panchkula)
- Estimated Value of Seized Drugs
- Rs 1 crore (Bengaluru)
