Drugs valued at Rs 6 cr seized in Assam, two held
The Special Task Force (STF) in Assam on Sunday seized drugs worth Rs 6 crore which were smuggled from Manipur and arrested two persons including a drug peddler
The Special Task Force of Odisha police on Monday have arrested a wanted drug peddler and supplier of narcotics and made a seizure of around Rs 1.22 crore worth brown sugar during a raid at Pahal on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.
The arrested drug peddler identified as Siba Prasad Das was nabbed with a narcotic substance weighing 1,227 grams which are valued at more than Rs 1.22 crore. Das, also wanted in six criminal cases in different parts of the State, was involved in a drug racket that was busted earlier on 25 January. Over Rs 3 crore worth of brown sugar, RS 65.32 lakh cash, three 7 mm pistols, seven magazines besides 43 rounds of 7 mm ammunition were seized then, said STF officials.
The drug peddler booked under sections 21(c)/29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act 1985 is being remanded to judicial custody, they said.
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The Odisha STF, in its anti-drug drive, has made a seizure of more than 49 KGs of brown sugar valued at Rs 49 crore and arrested 123 drug peddlers since 2020.
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