Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch seized over 1 kg of brown sugar with the arrest of two interstate drug peddlers near Baramunda in Bhubaneswar on Friday evening.
On the basis of intelligence input, the STF had conducted a raid yesterday and apprehended the drug peddlers namely Kapildev Majumdar of Kalyani Simanta in Nadia district of West Bengal and Rasmiranjan Bhol alias Silu of Damanbhuin under Jankia police limits in Khordha district of Odisha.
During the search, brown sugar weighing 01 kg 238 gram, Rs 17000 cash, and other incriminating materials were recovered and seized from their possession.
Besides the above, one Fake ID card as Dr. Gynecology, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Xerox copy of photographs in Police Uniform, ID Card as GM, Swastika Event Ltd, One Bullet motorcycle, and two Laptops were seized from the possession of Rasmiranjan.
The accused persons could not produce any document or authority for possession such contraband brown sugar, for which they were arrested and forwarded to the court. The STF has registered a case and is continuing further investigation on it.
The special drive against narcotic drugs is continuing. Since 2020, STF has seized more than 52 Kg of Brown Sugar/Heroin, 202 Gram Cocaine, and more than 93 quintals of Ganja/Marijuana, 750 grams Opium, and arrested more than 146 drug dealers/peddlers.
