Excise personnel of Kendrapada in last 24 hours arrested two drug peddlers, including a women, and seized 33 grams of brown sugar besides Rs 48,000 cash from them, informed official sources.In latest incident on Wednesday, the Pattamundai Excise Inspector Kamala Lochan Paikaray and his team arrested woman drug peddler Minati Sahu from Dakhinadiha village under Pattamundai police limits and seized 18 grams of brown sugar (heroine) along with a cash amount of Rs 48,000, from her possession.The arrested woman had been operating illegal brown sugar trade in locality for last six months. The seized brown sugar is worth Rs 1.80 lakh.Sahu was later booked under offences of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and was produced before court where she was remanded in jail custody after her bail pleas were rejected.
Notably, Excise personnel of district on Tuesday arrested a 29-year-old drug peddler, Rajib Kumar Pati, a resident of Kapaleswar village under Sadar police limits and seized 15 grams of brown sugar and a bike from his possession.