24.5 kg brown sugar destroyed in last 6 months: Odisha police
Published By : Prameya News Bureau | November 30, 2022 IST
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Bhubaneswar, Nov 30: Around 24.568 kg of brown sugar seized in 22 cases have been destroyed during the last six months, Odisha police said on Wednesday. Out of the total destroyed brown sugar, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch had seized 21.561 kg in 16 cases and 3.007 kg was seized by police from different districts of the state. During this period, Odisha police disposed of 333 quintals of 49 kg 928 gm ganja seized in 135 cases. The STF had seized 18.17 quintal ganja in five cases. Notably, on the decision of the Drug Disposal Committee (DDC) led by SP, STF, Bhubaneswar, a bulk quantity of contraband brown sugar (8.74 kg) seized in six cases by the STF was destroyed at a designated incinerator in Khurda on Tuesday. The estimated value of the destroyed contraband would be around Rs 8 crore. Similarly, 217.400 kg of ganja seized in 2017 was destroyed during the drive yesterday. The Orissa High Court in January had directed the sub-ordinate courts to dispose of the applications filed under Section 52A of the NDPS Act, 1985 issuing a detailed standard operating procedure (SOP) in this regard.
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