Biggest ever haul of drug in Odisha: Brown sugar worth Rs 4.5 crore seized by STF

Prameyanews English

Published By : Prameya News Bureau | June 19, 2020 IST

Bhubaneswar, June 19: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch has seized nearly 4.48 kg of brown sugar worth about Rs 4.5 crore from Bhubaneswar. The agency has also arrested three persons in this connection. Police said that this is the biggest ever haul of brown sugar in a day in Odisha. The accused have been identified as Debasish Behera, Sk Kausar Ali and Prabir Kumar Singh. Police said that all the accused hail from various areas in Balasore district. “Due to sustained drive in 2020 so far STF alone has seized 12.25 kg of brown sugar and detected 19 cases against the drug peddlers. So far STF arrested as many as 39 drug peddlers.  The magnitude of such seizure will become evident from the fact that the total seizure of 2020 till date by STF alone is more than the total cumulative seizure made by Odisha Police ( All agencies of Odisha Police)  for the last six years,” said a police official.

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