Bhubaneswar: A team of the STF on Friday carried out a raid at a spot in between Uttara and Pipili, and apprehended two drug peddlers. The duo, identified as Lipun Pandey of Pipili, and Sk Abbas of Khurda were in possession of 1.80 kg brown sugar, which was seized from them.
They could not produce any valid authority in support of possession of such contraband materials, for which the accused were arrested and will be forwarded to the court of District & Sessions cum Special Judge, Puri. In this connection, the STF has registered a case under Sections 21(c)/29 of NDPS Act 1985, the STF stated.
“Special drive against narcotic drugs is continuing. Since 2020, STF has seized more than 72 Kg of Brown Sugar/Heroin, 202 Gram Cocaine and more than 116 quintals of Ganja/Marijuana, Opium 750 gram and arrested more than 178 drug dealers/peddlers. STF also destroyed 62+ Kg of seized Brown sugar in last one year,” a senior STF official said.
