Drug bust: Odisha STF seizes brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore
The consignment was recovered from four drug peddlers arrested from Balasore Railway Station Road.
The consignment was recovered from four drug peddlers arrested from Balasore Railway Station Road.
Acting on a tip off, the STF flanked by local police conducted a raid and intercepted the accused person- Sk Rafiq (a native of Panchkula in West Bengal) with the drug haul.
The cannabis routed through Odisha by organized drug syndicates is much in demand in other States because its price is on the lower side.
The cannabis routed through Odisha by organized drug syndicates is much in demand in other States because its price is on the lower side.
The cannabis routed through Odisha by organized drug syndicates is much in demand in other States because its price is on the lower side.
The trawler, reportedly acting as a multi-day fishing trawler, was transporting drug consignments, with a street value of around Rs 3.1 billion, to other boats.
The STF is continuing its well-orchestrated operation on drug peddlers across the State.
The increased crackdown on drug peddlers could be gauged from the fact that the cumulative seizure of brown sugar in the past 18 months is more than three-fold than of drug haul of the past eight years.
A man in Bengaluru was arrested on charges of drug peddling in an operation launched after he filed his Income…
