The Commissionerate police on Monday seized 1.038 kg of brown sugar from Madhusudan Setu, which links Cuttack with Athagarh, and arrested three persons in this connection.
Twin City Commissioner of Police SK Priyadarshi informed that those arrested were habitual drug peddlers. “A car, a motorcycle, four mobile phones have been seized from the trio and they are being interrogated,” he said.The three accused were identified as Sk Tamir, Sk Ersat and Sk Tamju of Gobindapur village in Mayurbhanj district.
CDA-II police personnel had detained them while they were coming by a motorcycle and a car towards CDA via Madhusudan Setu, suspecting their movement.
Brown sugar packed in 10 polythene packets were recovered during a search. The estimated value of the seized contraband is approximately Rs 1 crore.
The questioning of the three accused revealed that they were currently staying at Rajpur Basti in Jaleswar.
They had been supplying drugs to local dealers in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khordha, Jagatsinghpur and Puri after procuring in huge quantities from Kolkata via Jaleswar regularly.