Smuggler smuggling brown sugar arrested
Durg : Durg police has arrested a youth with brown sugar in Mohan Nagar police station area. 15.02 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 80 thousand has been seized from the accused. The accused told that he used to take brown sugar from a woman in Nagpur. After this he used to return to Durg via train. Police is taking action to arrest the main drug peddler in this case.
Additional SP City Abhishek Jha said that Mohan Nagar police had received information from an informer on December 10 that a young man was keeping brown sugar for sale. He was seen near CT Club located on Station Road Durg. He immediately formed a team of ACCU and Mohan Nagar police under the leadership of Durg CSP MS Chanda. The team went and raided and the young man was caught selling brown sugar.
The young man revealed his name as Yashwant Begad, father Arun Begad (30 years), resident of Tarun Talkies, Orange Bari. When the police searched him, they found 142 packets of intoxicating substance in his pants pocket. When it was initially examined it was found to be brown sugar. ASP Abhishek Jha said that the accused have been arrested with brown sugar many times before in Mohan Nagar police station area. Police are investigating from where the arrested accused was bringing the drugs. The accused told that he used to take brown sugar from a female drug peddler in Nagpur. The police will soon send a team to arrest the woman.:
