Despite the huge seizures by enforcement agencies and arrest of drug peddlers, the flow of narcotics continues unabated to the capital city
In an instance, the Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch nabbed an absconding drug peddler with 1,050 grams of brown sugar near the city.
The accused was identified as Dipak Kumar Nayak (Raza), a resident of Kaliapani village in Jajpur district.
Acting on a tipoff, a team of the STF conducted a raid with the help of Khordha police and apprehended the absconding drug peddler Raza.
“More than 1kg brown sugar, one car and other incriminating materials were seized from the possession of the accused. The aforesaid apprehended accused was the owner-cum-driver of a Honda Amaze Car,” said an STF official.
The accused was arrested and forwarded to the court under the relevant sections of the NDPS Act.
Notably, a couple of days ago a drug peddler was arrested from the Sundarpada-Jatni road and 1 kg of the contraband was seized from his possession.