The Jaleswar police on Sunday seized 400 grams of brown sugar from a two-wheeler in Sekabada village of Baleswar district and arrested three persons in this connection.
Acting on specific inputs, the police team searched a two-wheeler near Sekabada and seized brown sugar worth Rs 40 lakh. Dina, Abhik from West Bengal and Sadik Ahmed of Sekabada village were arrested on charges of possessing the contraband. Also, Rs 17,000 and four mobile phones were seized from the possession of the three accused. In another incident, a three-member team of the Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch searched the house of wanted drug peddler Seikh Samiruddin alias Tackla Raju’s father-in-law in Rajpur village on Sunday morning.
During the two-hour search at the house, the STF team also questioned the family members of the Taklu Raja’s father-in-law.