Cracker Ban: Six held in separate raids across Delhi-NCR, over 2000kg fire-crackers seized

New Delhi: In a major crackdown against the sale and purchase of the fire-crackers, Delhi police arrested six offenders in four separate operations and confiscated over 2000 kg of firecrackers from the National Capital region. While three operations were carried out by police teams of Dwarka, northeast and south district, one other was conducted by the narcotics squad, officials said on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) Chandan Chowdhary said that the first arrest came as police during foot patrolling in the Madangir’s central market, spotted one Sanjay Kumar (53) with firecrackers inside a plastic bags he was carrying. Later, a total of 1,193 kg firecrackers were recovered from his shop in Madangir area, he said. A case was registered against Kumar, a resident of Madangir in Ambedkar Nagar, and the firecrackers were seized, he said. Meanwhile, the narcotics squad of south district conducted a raid at a shop in Madangir’s Central Market and arrested Sagar (27) who was found selling firecrackers, they said. Police said they seized 283 kg firecrackers from his possession. In another operation, police laid a trap in Welcome area based on a tip-off, Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Sanjay Kumar Sain said. He informed that the arrest came at around 10.30 pm when police flagged down a tempo and during checking they found 13 cartons containing a total of 611 kg firecrackers. The accused driver, Kapil (27), a resident of Burari, was arrested, he said. He disclosed that they used to buy firecrackers from different states through parcel services and further deliver the same to several shops in Delhi-NCR, the DCP said. Kapil said the tempo belonged to his elder brother Vivek and he had picked these cartoons from Pragati Transport in Burari and was on his way to deliver them to Shahdara, police said. In the third operation, police conducted raids at three shops in Uttam Nagar and Rawta Mor, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Harsha Vardhan said. Police arrested the shop owners - Shanky (33), Suresh Tareja (59) and Rakesh Kumar (40). A total of 224.3 kg firecrackers were recovered from their shops, Vardhan said. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) had ordered a complete ban on the production, sale and use of all types of firecrackers in the national capital till January 1, 2023. The order said the ban also extends to the online sale of firecrackers. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.