UP: Hotel owner, brother given 10 yrs in jail for peddling drugs

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 1: A hotel owner and his brother have been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a fast track court in a drug peddling case.

Justice Manoj Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on Praveen Kumar and his brother Monu after pronouncing them guilty under the NDPS Act yesterday.

Police had seized 10 kg of opium husk during a raid near Malira village under Kotwali police station in the district on September 27, 2009, government counsel Dushyant Tyagi said.

Pravin and Monu were later arrested in this connection.

PTI