The Kendrapada Town police on Monday arrested and produced three youths before a local court for allegedly operating illegal drug peddling in the township area.
The police too seized 9.57 gram of brown sugar worth of about Rs 1 lakh from the trio, informed IIC Gouranga Charan Prusty.
The arrestees were identified as Sk Rakil and Md Inzamul Haq of Fakirabad and Sk Arshad of Badahat. They are between the age group of 20 and 24 years.
According to Prusty, acting on a direction of Kendrapada SP Madkar Sandeep Sampat, a police team led by him conducted raids and managed to arrest the three miscreants. Speaking about their modus operandi, he said the trio used to collect brown sugar from Jaleswar area of Baleswar district and later supply the same to other parts of the district. The college goers in the township were in their target.
The trio was booked under the NDPS Act and was remanded in jail custody after their bail petitions were rejected.