In a major drug haul, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch and the Baleswar police on Saturday seized brown sugar worth over Rs 1 crore in the Sahadevkhunta area of the district.Police also arrested three drug peddlers SK Jamir alias Chhotu of Masjid Gali in Arada Bazar, Prabhat Sethy of Nayabazar and Jasobant Bagh alias Sukuras of Kasimela of the district. Acting on intelligence inputs, the police team conducted a raid near Hotel Jyoti Sagar in the Sahadevkhunta area and nabbed the trio. They seized the contraband weighing 1.105 kg and Rs 85,680 cash from their possession.
“Since the accused could not produce any valid documents in support of the possession of such contraband items, they were arrseted and produced before District and Sessions Judge Court,” said an official statement.
The STF has registered a case under Sections 21(c) and 29 of NDPS Act, 1985 in this connection. Further investigations are underway Due to sustained drive in 2020 so far, the STF alone has seized 23.273 kg brown sugar and detected 25 cases arresting 47 drug peddlers.