Six offenders land in police dragnet

[caption id="attachment_178350" align="alignnone" width="550"] Four accused persons with fake cosmetics items who were arrested by the Dimapur police on April 23 from New Market area.[/caption] Dimapur, April 23 (EMN): Dimapur police have arrested six persons during the past two days for indulging in various criminal offences. A press release issued by additional superintendent of police and PRO stated that one person identified as Lukheto Chophy, son of Xuwoto of Ustomi village in Zunheboto and present resident of Model village, Dimapur, while he was trying to extort money from truck drivers near Faith Petrol Pump. Case in this connection has been registered with the Diphupar Police Station, Dimapur. He stated that further investigation is on. In another incident on April 20, personnel of East Police Station along with representatives from Lakme Cosmetics and L’oreal conducted a raid in few suspected shops in New Market area and arrested five persons for selling counterfeit and bogus items. The arrested persons have been identified as Manoj Gupta (39), Chandan Kumar Chaudhary (26), Subodh Kumar Chaudhary (30), Bhima Kumar (22) and Guddu Kumar (27). Police personnel recovered fake cosmetics items such as lipstick, foundation, eye liner, medical powder etc from their possession. The statement added that case in this regard has been registered with the East Police Station, Dimapur, further investigation.