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Ludhiana: The police arrested a man for selling firecrackers illegally at his shop in Field Gunj, on Tuesday evening. The cops have also recovered crackers worth Rs 50 lakh from his possession.
Narinder Kumar, owner of Chacha Sports and general store, could not produce any licence or permission to store firecrackers in the godown.
ACP (central) Waryam Singh said the raid was conducted on a tip-off. “Kumar sold sports equipment from the shop and had stored firecrackers in the godown illegally,” he added.
The police had to hire 10 mini load carriers to transport the seizure.