Two arrested in possession of brown sugar

GANGTOK, 23 Jan: The Jorethang police has arrested two youth on charges of being in possession and consumption of brown sugar. The two accused, Nitesh Tamang, 24 and Sabin Pradhan, 23, both of Majhigaon, Jorethang have been booked under the National Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
Credible information with the police had led them to raid the residence of the above mentioned accused on 22 January. A search of the premises landed the police with several small packets of brown sugar and associated paraphernalia for its consumption.
About 10 small packets of suspected brown sugar, weighing 320 mg each were found in a cigarette pack. Also recovered was a cigarette pack with 5 cigarette sticks, a folded Rs.20 note containing residue of ashes, an iron pipe used for smoking, a Bhutanese coin having residue of ashes and a match box with silver foil used for consumption of the substance. All materials recovered were sealed for chemical analysis.