Hapur, March 13 -- UP Police busted the illegal storage of domestic gas cylinders in Hapur, following a raid conducted at the residence of the accused on the night of March 11.

According to the FIR, police recovered a large cache of supplies, which included 18 filled Hindustan Petroleum (HP) Gas domestic cylinders and 14 empty cylinders.

Upon questioning, the accused, reportedly confessed to purchasing the filled cylinders from various dealers to sell them to local consumers at a profit of 20-30 rupees per cylinder. He claimed to have been operating this illicit trade for approximately one year.

Police stated that this activity is in direct contravention of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order, 2000...