Jharkhand’s Chatra police have apprehended five individuals involved in the illegal trafficking of prohibited brown sugar. The operation led to the confiscation of narcotics valued at around Rs 6 lakh, along with a vehicle and five mobile phones used in the criminal activities.
Acting on a tip-off received by Superintendent of Police Sumit Kumar Agrawal, a special team was swiftly formed under the supervision of Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO–Sadar) Sandeep Suman. Intelligence reports indicated that brown sugar transactions were taking place in a car parked in the Turag forest area along the Chatra-Itkhori main road.
The police team, after verifying the information, surrounded the location and conducted a successful raid, catching the five traffickers in the act. The search operation yielded brown sugar packaged in small quantities, the vehicle, and mobile phones of various brands possessed by the suspects.
The arrested individuals, identified as Rupesh Kumar Dangi, Neeraj Kumar Yadav, Prakash Kumar Dangi, Laxman Kumar Dangi, and Rakesh Kumar Dangi, were found to be middlemen in the drug supply chain. They allegedly sourced brown sugar and opium from major drug suppliers and distributed the illegal substances across police station areas in Chatra and neighboring Hazaribagh districts.
The ownership of the seized car has been linked to a resident of Hazaribagh district, prompting ongoing investigations into the connection between the vehicle owner and the detained suspects. Authorities are actively pursuing the identification and apprehension of the masterminds behind the drug trafficking network.
