Man nabbed with 4.5 kg narcotics

The officials said the brown sugar had come from Rampura district of Uttar Pradesh and was to be delivered in Mumbai via Ahmedabad. A local is also suspected to be involved. Raghuvanshi said Sukhdev hailed from Keki village near Moga in Punjab and was first caught for drug trafficking in London in 1983. After spending six months in jail, he was released on bail, but he jumped bail and came to India on a forged passport in 1984. In theLondon case, he was convicted and given an 11-year sentence in absentia.

In India, he was caught twice in 1987. He spent about four-and-a-half years in Tihar jail and then about six months in Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai. Again in 1992, he was released on bail. Raghuvanshi said this was perhaps the biggest brown sugar seizure in the state in 1999.

officers who were in the raid are Director of NCB P.S. Tomar, Intelligence Officer V.H. Patel, Krishna Chowbey, D.N. Oza and Raghuvansi. Raghuvansi is investigating further.