Delhi police arrested a 43-year old man resident of Jehangirpuri with over 200 cartons of banned ‘Chinese Manjha’ from northwest Delhi’s Mahendra Park area on Friday. The accused has been identified as Amarjeet, a resident of Ramgarh, Jahangirpuri.
According to police, a tip-off was received on Thursday that Amarjeet of Ramgarh, Mahendra Park had been stocking banned Chinese manjha and selling it to retailers through code words.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (northwest) Usha Rangnani said that to catch him in the act, Constable Uttam was made a decoy customer who finalised a deal with Amarjeet for delivery of cartons of manjha, after which both reached the godown in Ramgarh.
The DCP said that as he was handing the manjha cartons to the constable, the police raided the godown and seized 205 cartons of Chinese Manjha.