12-06-2025
Chatra drug manufacturing unit busted, 1 held
Chatra: A brown sugar manufacturing unit operating from a house at Kumhar Toli village under Pathalgada block was busted late Wednesday night. The woman, who owned the house, was arrested.
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Brown sugar and opium valued at Rs. 2.5 crore besides Rs. 23.6 lakh in cash were seized during the 12-hour raid, Chatra police said.
The arrested woman was identified as Madhu Kumari, police added.
Chatra SP Sumit Kumar Agarwal said, "Acting on a tip-off, a team raided the house of Madhu Kumari, the wife of Udesh Kumar Dangi. She was arrested with 3.821kg brown sugar, 2.784kg opium, 1.019kg white powder, four bottles of acetyl chloride, an electronic weighing machine, a rubber bundle (weighing 0.130 kg), Rs. 23.6 lakh, two mobile phones, and other raw materials."
The arrested revealed the names of the two persons — Roshan Kumar Dangi and Arun Dangi — who ran the illegal business. She was sent to judicial custody. Raids are under way to nab the two, the SP added.
