Crime Branch police arrested ten gamblers, recovered Rs 21,260 cash, playing cards, mobile phones from their possession from Gagan restaurant at Khajuri road on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, ten gamblers were nabbed who were caught gambling. The nabbed miscreants were gambling at the backside of restaurant to evade attracting attention.
The operator of the restaurant who was providing place for gambling Chand Singh Mewada managed to escape the spot while ten gamblers were nabbed.
The team reached the restaurant and found people gambling who were identified as Dinesh Handa, Narendra Naagar, Maqsud Khan,Mohan Singh, Shubham Naagar,Lalaram, Mahesh Singh, Kailash Vishwakarma, Rajkumar Naagar and Bharat Singh.
The police recovered playing cards, Rs 21260 cash and mobile phones. A case under section 13 of the Gambling Act. The crime record of the arrested accused would be investigated.The gamblers were from different areas and would gather at the restaurant for gambling. The details of operating the gambling at the restaurant are yet to be found. Meanwhile, Berasia police have nabbed a drug peddler and recovered drugs worth Rs 10,000 from his possession on Sunday.
Police acted swiftly on a tip-off and seized Cannabis from possession of drug peddler who was identified as Kadir Khan a resident of Arjunkhedi and failed to provide details of the drugs recovered from his possession. Police said that the details of procurement and delivery of the drugs would be probed in the further investigation. After the initial investigation, the police have registered a case under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act. The source of the drugs and their scheduled delivery to the customer in the city and nearby areas would be probed.