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Man held with over 900g brown sugar in Chatra
The Chatra police on Sunday nabbed a man with 935g of brown sugar, a contraband item, officials said
Published on: Jun 13, 2021, 22:33:37 IST
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The Chatra police on Sunday nabbed a man with 935g of brown sugar, a contraband item, officials said. This is a second strike against drug peddlers in Chatra district in past 48 hours.
Earlier, police arrested nine drug peddlers with 300g of brown sugar and ₹7.74 lakh on Friday last.
The arrested man was identified as Tribhuvan Kuamr Verma (37), a resident of Lowagada village in the district. Police also seized a bike and a mobile phone from his possession.
Chatra subdivisional police officer (SDPO) Avinash Kumar said, “The man was nabbed with 935g of brown sugar during a raid carried out following an intelligence input.”
Price of the seized item runs into lakhs, the SDPO said.
