Three get 10 years for charas hidden in car speaker
A Special Court in Rupnagar sentenced three men to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment each on 22 October 2026 for trafficking 3.65 kg of charas hidden in a car speaker on the Sirhind-Patiala road in 2021. The NCB secured the conviction with Rs 2 lakh fines on each.
🇮🇳 Rupnagar, Punjab · India
- Charged
- 3
- Cannabis
- 3.7 kg
- Prison
- 10 years
The Narcotics Control Bureau’s Chandigarh Zonal Unit secured the conviction of three drug
traffickers caught moving 3.65 kg of charas hidden in a car speaker system.[1][2] A
surveillance team had intercepted the car on Sirhind-Patiala Road in Morinda, Rupnagar
district, on 1 July 2021, after which the seven packets of round and finger-shaped charas in
the boot speaker were found; all three occupants were arrested at the spot.[1][2]
In its judgment of 21 October 2026, the Special Court under Judge Lukhvinder Kaur Duggal
held the NDPS Act’s mandatory provisions complied with.[1][2] On pronouncing the sentence on
22 October, the court gave each of the three accused – Kuldeep Singh alias Golu and Sanjeev
Kumar alias Mithoo of Nabha, and Ashok Kumar of Patiala/Chandigarh – 10 years of rigorous
imprisonment plus a Rs 2 lakh fine.[1][2]
Sources
- NCB secures 10-year jail term for three drug traffickers caught with charas in car. IANS, 26 October 2026. Read via the hi INDiA mirror of the IANS wire report.
- NCB secures 10-year jail term for three drug traffickers caught with charas in car. The Freedom Press, 26 October 2026. Same IANS wire as carried by The Freedom Press.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports give the conviction (21 October) and sentencing (22 October) dates but no detail on appeals.