Siliguri, 03rd October: The Bhaktinagar Police, acting on a tip-off, raided a residence and arrested a couple with a huge quantity of brown sugar, on Saturday night. The arrested accused have been identified as Ramji Prasad Bhagat (30) and Aruna Rai. The couple is originally from Sikkim but was currently staying at a rented house in the Pipeline area under Bhakti Nagar police station.
According to the information received, the police raided their house last night and recovered two plastic pouches containing 263 grams of brown sugar from the joint possession of Ramji Prasad Bhagat and his wife Aruna Rai. The market value of the seized brown sugar is around 52 Lakh rupees. A specific case has been registered at Bhaktinagar Police station against the duo under the relevant sections of the NDPS Act.
Meanwhile, in another case, two people have been arrested with banned intoxicating tablets. The arrested individuals have been identified as Vishnu Roy and Pradeep Malo. 29 pieces of banned tablets have been recovered from their possession.
All the accused have been produced in Jalpaiguri court today.