Brown Sugar Seized in Berhampur, Mother and Sons Arrested 

Odishabarta

Berhampur: Berhampur Police seized around 8.48 gram of brown sugar and arrested three persons including a lady in this connection.

The accused persons have been identified as 1. Bikash Kumar Pradhan (19) ,2. Akash Pradhan and Puja Pradhan (41) W/O- Lt. Santosh Pradhan, Raghupati Nagar, 2nd Line, PS-Bada Bazar, Berhampur.

Notably the accused Bikash and Akash are brothers and the lady accused is their mother.

The Bada Bazaar Police have seized  8.480 g Brown sugar ,Cash Rs 8,900/-.  and Three Mobile phones  from the possession  of the accused persons.

Based on credible information regarding illegal selling of brown Sugar Bada Bazar Police raided one rented house of accused persons located at Raghupati Nagar, 2nd Line, under Bada Bazar Police limit, Berhampur.

One  middle aged lady Puja Pradhan  and her two sons Bikash Kumar Pradhan   and Akash Pradhan  were found in possession of contraband Brown Sugar and were selling those to local youths @ Rs. 500/- for one Pouch.

In a statement a senior Police Officer said that, we came to know  since last few months they have been dealing with such selling.

The seizure of Brown Sugar was conducted by Police team of Bada Bazar team in the presence of Executive Magistrate, Sri Rabindra Kumar Mishra, Tahasildar, Berhampur.

In connection, Bada Bazar Police have registered a case U/S 21 (b) of NDPS Act -1985. Further investigation is underway to find out the source of the seized brown sugar, All 3 accused persons were forwarded to Hon’ble court.