By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch seized nearly 4.480 kg of brown sugar worth about Rs 4.5 crore from Bhubaneswar and arrested three drug peddlers , said Director General of Police Abhay on Friday evening.
DGP Abhay said “The brown sugar seized by STF on is the biggest haul by Odisha Police in recent times.” The accused have been identified as Debasish Behera, Sk Kausar Ali and Prabir Kumar Singh. They belong to different places in Balasore district. As many as 39 drug peddlers have been arrested by the STF this year in 19 cases.
Meanwhile ,the Twin City Commissionerate Police have seized 706 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 70.6 lakh from Bada Raghunathpur in Odisha’s Khordha district and arrested two persons in this connection, police sources said.
The accused have been identified as Soumyaranjan Baliarsingh and Ranjit Kumar Nayak of the district.Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of Quick Action Team (QAT) of the Commissionerate Police and Jatani police raided the spot this afternoon and seized the brown sugar besides apprehending the accused duo.
A car, a scooter, three mobile phones, and Rs 1820 were seized from their possession. A case under section 21(c) of the NDPS Act has been registered and further investigation was underway.
