The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch arrested a drug peddler and recovered 1.380 kg of brown sugar from his possession in Baleswar district on Wednesday.
The nabbed drug peddler was identified as Sk Rafiq, a native of Panchkula in West Bengal and presently staying at Masjidgali (Arada Bazar) under the Sahadevkhunta police station .
The seized contraband’s estimated market value is more than Rs 1 crore. Rafiq has been booked under Sections 21(c)/29 of the NDPS Act 1985.
STF SP Kishore Kumar Panigrahi said, “The accused was nabbed following a raid which was conducted on basis of intelligence inputs . The accused is involved in three other criminal cases including narcotic cases of Baleswar district.”
Panigrahi further said that the STF has seized more than 57 kg of brown sugar or heroin, 202 gram of cocaine in a special drive being carried out from 2020 against illegal narcotics trade
Besides, over 111 quintals of ganja, 750 gram of opium has also been seized by the STF and 158 drug dealers or peddlers have been arrested, the STF said.