Drug peddlers held, brown sugar seized

Chatra: Chatra police arrested 11 drug peddlers and recovered 17 packets of brown sugar, six mobile phones and Rs 6,500 cash from them. SDPO Avinash Kumar said superintendent of police Rakesh Ranjan received the input after which a team was constituted which carried out the raid.According to Kumar, “SP got tip off that drug peddlers were selling brown sugar in Diwankhana Bazartand area and in Bhind Mohalla. We also learnt that peddlers were selling brown sugar cigarettes too. We raided both the spots on Monday and held the culprits.” Those arrested were identified as Shubham Kumar, Mohammad Shahnawaz, Mohammad Danish, Prem Yadav, Ajeet Pandey, Mohammad Umar, Devanand Kumar, Mohammad Arif, Mohammad Imtiyaz, Mohammad Jayad and Mohammad Khusri.Kumar said all have been sent to jail. In last few months, police unearthed several interstate gangs and recovered brown sugar, opium, marijuana in huge quantities. TNN