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Malda: brown sugar worth Rs 4 crore seized, two arrested

Malda: brown sugar worth Rs 4 crore seized, two arrested
Bengal: Brown sugar worth Rs 4 cr seized in Malda, two arrested · thehansindia.com

Police officers in a part of India called Malda found something very bad hidden in a bag.

It was a drug called brown sugar, which is against the law to sell.

The drug was heavy, weighing about as much as three big bags of sugar.

Police say it could be worth about four crore rupees, which is a huge amount of money.

Two young men were caught with the drug early in the morning.

Their names are Nur Alam and Sariqul Sheikh, and they live in a village in Malda.

They were taken to court, where a judge said they must stay with police for seven days.

Police want to find out where the drug came from and who else is involved in the smuggling.

Police are working hard to stop drugs from being sold in their district.

Key facts

Contraband
Brown sugar (approximately 3 kg; 2 kg 850 g seized)
Estimated value
Rs 4 crore
Arrested persons
Nur Alam (21) and Sariqul Sheikh (28), residents of Srirampur, Kismatpur village, Kaliachak
Location
Haruchak Matiali area, Kaliachak, Malda district, West Bengal
Custody order
Court ordered 7-day police custody; 10 days was requested
Legal provision
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985
Investigation focus
Source of drugs, intended destination and other racket members
Police statement
Malda district SP Anupam Singh said surveillance is ongoing across the district

Quotes

Anupam Singh

Malda district Superintendent of Police

“The police of Kaliachak police station have arrested two people with about three kilos of drugs. A police investigation has been started into the incident. The arrested were produced before the Malda district court today on a request for police custody. The district police are determined to stop the drug trade in this district. For that, police surveillance is going on across the district.”
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