Woman amongst 4 held with brown sugar value Rs 1 crore in Odisha

By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Police on Saturday arrested 4 individuals, together with a girl in Bhadrak district, and seized 1.9 kg brown sugar value over Rs 1 crore from their possession.

The police have additionally seized Rs 1 lakh money from accused SK Abdul Hamid, Manoj Kumar Das, Ajay Kumar Sarangi, and his sister-in-law Kunilata Sarangi.

During motorcar checking at about 9 am, Bhadrak rural police station officers intercepted an auto-rickshaw at Charampa on National Highway-16 and seen that the actions of the 4 individuals had been suspicious.

The police then carried out the search of the auto-rickshaw and seized the contraband from the automobile.

“According to the preliminary investigation, Ajay along with Kunilata and Manoj went to Jaleswar in Balasore district in his auto-rickshaw to procure the contraband from a drug peddler. The drug supplier sent SK Abdul, one of his associates, with the trio when they were returning to Bhadrak,” Bhadrak SP Charan Singh Meena instructed The New Indian Express.

SK Abdul of Balasore’s Singla space was additionally carrying some quantity of the seized brown sugar with him to promote it within the Bhadrak district and within the close by areas.

The rural police have registered a case on this connection. The 4 accused have been arrested and the auto-rickshaw used to move the brown sugar has been seized.

“The district police has launched an anti-narcotics drive and 18 cases have been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act this year. Four kg brown sugar and 31 kg ganja have been seized and 45 drug peddlers arrested,” added Meena.