Acting on a tip off, Crime Branch officials yesterday raided two shops (numbered 5451/A and 5452/A) at Gandhi Market in Sadar Bazar and arrested their owners -- Rahul Luthra (31) and Sanjeev Kumar (45) -- for being involved in illegal trade of fire crackers, a senior police official said.
Police also seized 1,400 kg crackers from the shops of Luthra, resident of Anand Vihar in Pitampura, and Kumar alias Ashu, resident of Kohat Enclave in Pitampura, stored illegally.
During interrogation, they allegedly confessed that they had plans to earn huge profits during Diwali by selling the stocked crackers at high rates.
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