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Local club cricketer Sayyam Siddique, who was with Singh when police raided his New Delhi apartment on Tuesday, was arrested for carrying 100 grams of contraband ``charas'' (hashish), police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said Wednesday.

Both have been arrested under the 1985 Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Bhagat said.

Police are investigating whether Singh kept the cocaine for his personal use was involved in the drug trade.

Drug trafficking in India can earn a 10-20 jail sentence, while drug consumption is punishable by up to two years in prison.

Singh, a left-arm spinner, played 35 Tests for India in the 1980s, along with 59 limited-overs internationals. He is currently a popular radio and television cricket commentator.

Singh is the second prominent Indian to be arrested for a drug offence in the Indian capital in the past year. Rahul Mahajan, the son of former Hindu nationalist leader Pramod Mahajan, was arrested on similar charges in June 2006.

With India's economic boom, cocaine has become a popular party drug for some of the nation's wealthy.

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