cricketer turned drug paddler

Cricket lovers from Assam would be shocked to know that a former cricketer who represented the state in the U-16 and U-19 level has been arrested by Latasil police on charges of drug peddling.

The cricketer identified as Mozammil Haque has been picked up by police.

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Sunil Kalita, OC, Latasil Police Station told Northeast Now, โ€œMozammil Haque is a habitual offender. We have picked him four-five times in the past also. Today, he was selling cough syrup and Nitrosun tablets at Kalibari, Jabrapatty, Rail Colony. We recovered 15 cough syrups and 27 tablets from him.โ€

Speaking about him, former Ranji star of Assam, Syed Zakaria Zuffri told Northeast Now, โ€ He was a wicket keeper and used to play during the early part of 1990โ€™s when we had just started. He was a decent player though he never played first class cricket. I donโ€™t know what ended his cricket career and how he has found himself in his present scenario. He was not in touch with the sports fraternity since a long time. It is unfortunate that such time has fallen on him.โ€

Latasil police also picked up a 50-year-old woman named for selling ganja in the city. The woman has been identified as Mala Baruah.

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Kalita informed that she is also a habitual offender like Haque. โ€œToday, we recovered 3 kg of ganja from her possession,โ€ he informed.