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Jamshedpur, Nov 21 (PTI) Two drug peddlers were arrested after brown sugar was seized from their possession in Mango area here, a senior police officer said on Monday.
Superintendent of Police (City) K Vijay Shankar said acting on a tip-off that some people were trading in drugs in a fish market near Mango bridge on Sunday, a police team went to the spot.
The SP said the team on reaching the spot found two persons on a pick-up van bearing West Bengal registration number engaged in illegal activity.
Following a body search, police found brown sugar from their possession and from the pick-up van, Vijay Shankar said while addressing a press conference.
Both the peddlers were arrested after a case under relevant sections of NDPS Act was registered.
The cost of the contraband was estimated at around Rs 80,000 in the market, he said.
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