Four accused persons nabbed by STF against illegal trade of Narcotic Drugs in Odisha
Bureau,Odishabarta
Bhubaneswar:On Friday on the basis of intelligence input, a raid was conducted by team of STF, BBSR on Khordha Barunei road against illegal trade of Narcotic Drugs, as result of which one accused person namely Bijay Maohanty of Barunei, Khodha was apprehended.
During search Brown sugar weighing 1 kg 050 Gms, packing machine and other incriminating materials were recovered and seized from his possession. During interrogation Sk. Jumman @ Badruddin, of Jhadeswarpur PS. Jaleswar, Soumyajit Parija, Sagar Behera and Sapan Bhattacharya of Jagatsinghpur were found to have delivered the brown sugar to Bijay Mohanty.
Following further immediate action all the four accused persons were nabbed on the way to Balasore and the alleged car , cash of Rs.5,30,000/- were seized from their possession. In this connection STF PS Case No.15 dated 24.04.2021 U/s. 21(c)/29 NDPS Act, 1985 was registered. Investigation is on.Since 2020, STF in the special drive against narcotic drugs has seized more than 29 kg of Brown sugar/ heroin and more than 64 quintals (6400 Kg) of Ganja/ Marijuana and arrested more than 100 drug dealers/ peddlers
