Police arrested a youth from Bandhawapara area under Purani Basti police station involved in drug peddling and sized drugs including brown sugar from his possession. The accused was later presented in court that sent him jail on judicial remand, informed Station House officer Purani Basti on Monday.
The accused was identified as Farid Khan a residents of Bandhawapara area, SHO said adding one other person Ramzan Khan was also arrested. They were arrested on a tip off. Ramzan was however carrying illegal liquor and was booked under prohibition Act. Farid was booked under relevant sections of NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance) Act, police said. Farid Khan was earlier also arrested for selling illegal liquor, SHO said adding besides brown sugar Farid was also having Nitro-10 pills which is a banned drug.
Notably few days back sleuths of Central Crime Branch (CCB) had exposed an inter-state gang of brown sugar peddlers and had arrested six persons in this connection. The market value of sized drugs from their possession ran into several lakhs. During interrogation the gang members told police that they had brought the banned drugs from Nagpur and were trying to sell it in retail here in Chhattisgarh.