A police team led by SDPO Mahendra Nath Murmu nabbed a drug peddler and seized Rs 3.590 grams of brown sugar from his possession in Phulbani town on Monday.
The arrested drug peddler was identified as Sapan Kumar Mahapatra of Forest Colony in the town. The estimated market value of the seized contraband was Rs 90,000.
On a tipoff, the police team conducted a raid at Pennsahi Chhack and trapped Mahapatra while he was trying to peddle the drug, said Town PS IIC Susant Sethy.
This is the first time brown sugar was seized by the police in Kandhamal district. Besides the contraband, a motorcycle was seized from the peddler’s possession.
The SDPO said the brown sugar was procured from Khordha. A case has been registered under the relevant sections of the NDPS Act and the accused would be forwarded to court, said the IIC.