Bhubaneswar: In a major anti-drug operation, excise officials on Saturday seized 40 grams of heroin (brown sugar), valued at approximately Rs 4 lakh, from Balisahi under Madhupatana Police Station in Cuttack district. One person was arrested in connection with the seizure.
The accused has been identified as Abhimanyu Nayak (39), a resident of Nuapada village under Madhupatana Police Station. The Cuttack-I Excise Station has registered a case against him under Section 21(b) of the NDPS Act, 1985.
According to officials, the raid was conducted under the direction of Superintendent of Excise, Cuttack, Karuna Sankar Tewary, and the supervision of Arupa Panigrahi, DSE, Cuttack. The operation involved a team comprising Tarun Kumar Patro, OIC, Cuttack-I Excise Station; Bishnu Prasad Majhi, ASI; Basanti Salima, LEC; and Excise Constables Deepak Kumar Sahoo and Sourajit Mohapatra.
Excise Officials said the operation was part of ongoing efforts to curb drug trafficking in the region and ensure strict enforcement of narcotics laws.
