Drugs And The City: Woman Held With Brown Sugar Worth Over Rs 18 Lakh In Bhubaneswar | OTV News

Drug Smuggler Pramila Pradhan

Bhubaneswar: Intensifying the crackdown in opposition to narcotics commerce within the capital metropolis, the Excise division arrested a lady throughout raid at one of many hideouts of a infamous smuggler in Palasuni space on Wednesday.
The anti-narcotics company officers stated that 185 grams of brown sugar value over Rs 18 lakh road worth was recovered from the girl believed to be a relative of the smuggler, recognized as Hadia. The 52-year-old lady has been recognized as Pramila Pradhan. Rs. 11,790 money has additionally been recovered from her.
Officials stated Pramila was taken into custody following the restoration and she or he might be forwarded to the court docket later through the day.
On Wednesday morning, the Excise officers carried out simultaneous raids at a number of hideouts of Hadia in Palasuni space following a tip off on his whereabouts.
Hadia is needed in a number of instances of contraband smuggling by police in and across the capital metropolis. Excise sources stated that he would distribute the medication from his hideouts in Palasuni to a number of locations throughout Bhubaneswar.
Pramila was nabbed from one among these places whereas she was hanging a deal for the neatly packed brown sugar packet with an area distributor. The officers are but to offer particulars of the ‘customer’.
However, Hadia managed to offer a slip to the raiding occasion which drew a clean of their efforts to hint him.
Further investigation into the case is on.