Bhubaneswar: In a joint operation with the Commissionerate Police and Khurda Police, the Special Task Force have arrested a drug dealer and seized more than 1 kg brown sugar from his possession. The person arrested has been identified as Suresh Kumar Mohapatra, of Podadiha village under Baghamari police limits in Khurda district.
The sleuths carried out the raid basing on a tip-off about a drug dealing in Khurda. Upon frisking, around 1.10 kg brown sugar was recovered from the possession of the accused. The cost of the narcotic
“The accused could not produce any valid authority in support of possession of such contraband materials, for which the he was arrested and forwarded to the court of District & Sessions cum Special Judge, Khordha. In this connection the STF police have registered a case under Sections 21(c) and 29 of the NDPS Act 1985. Further investigation is on,” a sennior STF official said.
Special drive against narcotic drugs is continuing. Since 2020, STF has seized more than 70 Kg of Brown Sugar/Heroin, 202 Gram Cocaine and more than 113 quintals of Ganja/Marijuna, Opium 750 gram and arrested more than 170 drug dealers/peddlers, the official added.
