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.
