145 drugs samples identified as not of standard quality in Feb
As many as 145 drugs samples were identified as not of standard quality (NSQ) during the month of February.
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.
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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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