Chatra police have seized 310 grams of brown sugar in a special drive in Chatra town. The price of seized brown sugar in the International market is more than Rs 1 crore. Police have arrested seven persons along with a State level BJP leader in this drive.
Police also recovered Rs 7.74 lakh from the arrested persons.
Chatra SP Rishabh Jha said that the police headquarter received secret information that in the town a group of people are doing illegal business of brown sugar and other illegal items.
A team was formed, which raided the suspected places in the town as well as in the rural areas. The team seized 310 gram brown sugar from a place in the town area.
The team has arrested seven persons from the different places, who were involved in this illegal business along with BJP Yuva Morcha state executive member. The arrested persons include Dheeraj Kumar, Amit Gupta, Anurag Kumar, Himanshu Kumar, Chandan Kumar, Naval Dangi and Prem Dangi.
The team has also recovered Rs 7,74,800 cash, seal machine, one dozen mobile sets and other small items related to business.
In Hazaribag the Choparan police seized one kilogram of opium on Chatra- Choparan road. Officer in charge Binod Trikey said that the SDPO Barhi got the information that some persons were carrying the opium from Chatra to Haryana State.
A special team started checking drive on Chatra- Choparan Road. When the team tried to stop the tempo, the persons with driver ran away from there. Police team recovered one kg of opium from the tempo.
A case has been registered in Choparan police station. The market price of opium is more than Rs 1 lakh.