Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The city crime branch arrested a man for possessing drugs worth Rs 1.3 lakh, police said on Wednesday.

According to DCP (Crime) Rajesh Tripathi, the team caught the accused — identified as Mayur alias Bunty Pachouri, a resident of Gandhi Nagar — from Shivaji Nagar. During the search, the crime branch recovered more than 12 grams of brown sugar, valued at around Rs 1.3 lakh in the international market. A motorcycle was also seized.

Police said the accused works as a daily-wage labourer and has around six previous criminal cases registered against him in the city. Mayur allegedly admitted that he bought the drug at a lower rate and sold it at higher prices to addicts. A case under Sections 8/21 of the NDPS Act has been registered, and further investigation is unde

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