ILLEGAL TRADE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS FOIL BY STF,ODISHA
Bureau,Odishabarta
Bhubaneswar:On Sunday on the basis of intelligence input, a raid was conducted at Baramunda area under Khandagiri PS jurisdiction against illegal trade of Narcotic Drugs, as result of which two accused person namely Sk Saruk, S/o. Sk. Muzibeer of Aradabazar, Galapola PS. Sahadevkhunta Dist. Balasore & 2) Sanjib Kumar Dehuri S/o. Dayanidhi Dehuri of Sunhat PS. Balasore Town Dist. Balasore were apprehended. During search Brown sugar weighing 405 gms and other incriminating materials were recovered & seized from their possession. Further during interrogation the accused persons disclosed about the procurement of brown sugar from noted drug peddlers of Jaleswar, Murshidabad, Kolkata and Khargpur area. The accused persons could not produce any valid authority in support of possession of such contraband material, for which the accused persons were arrested on 23.02.2020 and will be forwarded to the court of District & Sessions Judge, Bhubaneswar today i.e. 24.02.2020. In this connection STF PS Case No.14 dated 23.02.2020 U/s. 21(c)/29 NDPS Act, 1985 was registered. Investigation is on.
The above noted accused persons were earlier involved in the following cases of Balasore district
Sanjeeb Kumar Dehuri
1) Balasore Town PS Case 250/2018 U/s. 399/402 IPC,
2) Balasore PS Case No.88/2019 U/s. 399/402 IPC/25/27 Arms Act,
3) Sahadevkhunta PS case No. 168/2017 UI/s. 341/323 IPC.
Accused Sk Saruk
1) Sahadevkhunta PS. Case No.18/2019 U/s. 341/323/294/427/506/34 IPC/25 Arms Act
2) Sahadevkhunta PS case No.211/2018 U/s. 341/323/294/506/427/307/34 IPC r/w.27 Arms Act.
It is pertinent to mention here that after the previous case where huge quantity of Narcotic drugs were seized, surveillance has been kept on the drug peddlers of Odisha as well as bordering states to track their activities, which has resulted the above noted case.
During the year 2020 till date, STF has conducted raids at various places in Jaleswar, Balasore, Angul, Puri,khurda, Pipili, Dhenkanal, Bhubaneswar and Bhadrak area and detected 13 (Thirteen) cases against drug peddlers including the above noted case. 24 accused persons have been arrested and seized a total of 1Kg 279 grams of Brown Sugar, OPIUM (Aphima) 326.45 grams, cash Rs.13,21,000/- plus, One Maruti Car, Eight Motor Bikes, bank accounts, and other incriminating materials.
Besides the drive period, raids are also continuing in all over Odisha against illegal trade of Narcotic Drugs. In the mean time a good number of cases registered at different police stations of Odisha following with arrest of accused persons and seizure of contraband articles.
