In a fresh instance of State capital city Bhubaneswar turning into a drugs trade hub, a team of the Special Task Force of the Crime Branch on Saturday seized brown sugar worth Rs 1.20 crore during a raid at Baramunda under the Khandagiri police station here and arrested two drug peddlers in this connection.
The arrested duo was identified as Kapildev Mujumdar and Rashmiranjan Bhola.
While Kapildev is a resident of West Bengal, Rashmiranjan belongs to Jankia in Khordha district. Police also seized fake photos and voter identity cards from their possession.
Police revealed that the peddlers used to pose as doctors, police and managers to evade the enforcement agencies.
A couple of months back, the STF had arrested three persons and seized brown sugar worth over Rs 1 crore from their possession in Khordha district.
Notably, the STF has launched a special drive against illegal narcotics trade in the State from 2020. The sopecialised agency has seized more than 50 Kg of brown sugar and over 90 quintals of ganja. The STF has also arrested more than 128 drugs dealers and peddlers in separate cases registered in different parts of the State so far during the drive.