Mother-son duo, juvenile held in brown sugar raid in Jamshedpur

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, July 13: In a major crackdown on narcotics, Jamshedpur Police arrested a woman, her son and a juvenile for allegedly running a brown sugar trafficking racket from a house in Indranagar under Sitaramdera police station area.
Police seized 38 packets of brown sugar weighing 4.32 grams and Rs 4,820 in suspected drug sale proceeds during the raid.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, City SP Lalit Meena said the action was carried out following a credible tip-off received on Sunday evening that Bharati Kaibarto was operating an illegal drug trade from her residence at Hume Pipe’s Indranagar locality.
After verification of the input, a special raiding team was constituted under the leadership of Sitaramdera police station in-charge Anand Kumar Mishra.
During the operation, police apprehended Bharati Kaibarto (40), her 22-year-old son Vishal Kaibarto, and a juvenile from the house.
A search of the premises led to the recovery of 38 packets of brown sugar, weighing 4.32 grams, along with Rs 4,820 believed to be proceeds from the sale of narcotic substances.
The City SP revealed that Bharati Kaibarto is a known and habitual drug peddler with six cases under the NDPS Act already registered against her at Sitaramdera, Jugsalai and Sonari police stations.
Her son, Vishal Kaibarto, also has two previous NDPS cases against him, indicating their continued involvement in the illicit drug trade.
An FIR has been registered against the accused under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, while proceedings against the juvenile are being carried out in accordance with the Juvenile Justice Act.
Reiterating the police’s zero-tolerance policy against narcotics, City SP Lalit Meena said the anti-drug campaign would continue with intensified operations across the city and warned that no individual involved in the illegal drug trade would be spared.