Siliguri, 28th February: In a joint operation, the Special Operation Group (SOG) and Siliguri police station apprehended a smuggler in possession of a significant quantity of brown sugar. The arrested individual has been identified as MD Ali Sheikh, a resident of Kaliachak in Malda.
According to police sources, acting on a tip-off, the SOG and Siliguri police intercepted a suspicious individual in the Tikia Para area of Ward No. 28 of Siliguri Municipal Corporation on Friday. Upon searching the bag he was carrying, authorities recovered 1 kilogram of brown sugar.
Following the seizure, the accused was taken into custody under the NDPS Act. The estimated market value of the confiscated brown sugar is reported to be in crores. The police from Siliguri police station will produce the accused before the court on Saturday.