DRI arrests 80 year old man with six kgs of heroin
Age does not whither nor do Customs stale his infinite variety. An 80 year old man was arrested by DRI on Saturday in Ludhiana with six kgs of heroin. Way back in 1979 his name figured for the time time in more than 100 kg silver seizure case. Although he escaped in that case but only to be arrested in 1994 with 50 gold biscuits and 12 kgs of heroin and was released only last year.
The DRI sleuths could intercept the Indica in which the senior citizen smuggler was travelling, only after a hot chase. The gentleman was not only 80 plus but was on a pacemaker to keep life going! A DRI official told us, “Imagine the anxiety the officers would have undergone handling him till he was safely deposited in the jail on judicial custody”.
We agree. Had the pacemaker failed, DRI would have been in deep trouble and maybe even we would have written that the officers are cruel and have no concern for the life of an old man! It's still risky to be in DRI.
Why should an 80 year old man just released from prison take the risk of again indulging in smuggling?