Notorious gutka smuggler arrested in Adilabad

Adilabad: A notorious smuggler of banned gutka products was finally arrested during a joint operation by officials of the special branch and Adilabad I town police on Wednesday. Gutka products worth Rs 2 lakh were seized from his warehouse. Disclosing details of the arrest, Superintendent of Police D Uday Kumar said that Mohammad Akram of […]

Adilabad: A notorious smuggler of banned gutka products was finally arrested during a joint operation by officials of the special branch and Adilabad I town police on Wednesday. Gutka products worth Rs 2 lakh were seized from his warehouse. Disclosing details of the arrest, Superintendent of Police D Uday Kumar said that Mohammad Akram of Bokkalaguda had stored large quantities of prohibited gutka products in a warehouse at Bhuktapur. During the raids the contraband was seized and he was arrested and handed over to Adilabad I town police.

He was one of four kingpins who were involved in smuggling of the products.

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Uday Kumar said that the district police were aiming at eradication of both smuggling of gutka and matka, a form of gambling. He said 17 cases were booked against Akram so far and a suspect sheet was opened on his name. He commended efforts of the teams which apprehended the alleged smuggler. Adilabad DSP Venkateshwar Rao, Inspectors S Ramakrishna, Mallesh and Krishnamurthy, SIs Anwar-Ul-Huq, G Apparao, Ravinder, Kaleem, Constables Chindam Devidas, B Yesudas and many others were present.

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