Bhubaneswar: Acting on a tip-off, a team from Khurda Model police raided a place near Chilla Fish Godown in the Totapapada area in Khurda and seized 560 grams of contraband brown sugar and an auto-rickshaw and arrested four drug peddlers, including a woman, on Tuesday.
Khurda SP Sirdhath Kateria told media persons that the four accused have been identified as Susma Mallick (39), Siba Mallick (42) and Jayaprakash Mallick (21), all residents of the Ramachani area, and Pratap Kumar Mohapatra (33), a resident of Mahatapalla. All four were produced in court and sent to jail custody.
Kateria said the seized contraband is worth Rs 56 lakh in the market.
