Mohali, March 17 -- Mohali A local court has sentenced two years of rigorous imprisonment to three men in connection with a drug case. The convicts - Avtar ,Singh alias Raju, Kulveer Singh, alias Bayanti, and Amandeep Singh, alias Tinku - were also fined Rs.20,000 each. Failure to pay the fine will lead to one more month of imprisonment.

According to the FIR, the car-borne men were arrested at a police checkpoint near the airport chowk while carrying 300-gm heroin (100-gm drug from each of them) in 2018. The search was conducted in the presence of a deputy superintendent of police.

During the trial, the prosecution examined several witnesses, including members of the police team involved in the recovery, and placed on record the forensi...