In a bid to curb narcotics business, the Angul district police have frozen assets of as many as six drug peddlers.
A total of six proposals in this regard, three from the Angul police station and one each from the Nalco, Banarpal and Talcher police stations, had been sent to the competent authority for approval.
Assets of the six drug peddlers and benami properties in the names of their family members were frozen, police sources said on Tuesday.
They have been identified as Krushna Chandra Sahu, Subrat Barik, Sugyani Dehury, Kalandi Charan Sahu, Prakash Seth and Sriram Sahu of the district.
Notably, a decision regarding confiscation of properties of drug peddlers had been taken at a meeting chaired by Director General of Police (DGP) Abhay in Sambalpur recently.
Meanwhile, continuing their crackdown on drug smugglers, the Jaleswar police on Tuesday arrested three persons and seized brown sugar worth Rs 10 lakh from them at Sheikhsarai under Basta block in Baleswar district.
The accused were identified as Sridhar Nayak (30), Debashis Mohanty (30), and Litu Dora (29), residents of Narendrakana village under the Kumbharpada police station in Puri town.
Acting on a tipoff, the police conducted a raid at Sheikhsarai and seized 100 grams of brown sugar, a car, three mobile phones, 12 ATM cards and cash of Rs 3,14,110 from their possession. The police registered a case against the three accused and began a probe into the case.