The Special Task Force (STF) of the State Crime Branch has seized 54 metric tonnes (MT) of stolen Low Ash Metallurgical (LAM) coke in Cuttack district and arrested as many as 10 persons in this connection. On the basis of reliable information, the STF on Saturday raided the Baba Dhabaleswar Koila Dipu under the Choudwar police limits for illegal unloading of costly materials from inter-State transport vehicles by mafias.
A total of eight trucks loaded with LAM coke were found at the spot, from where voluminous LAM coke was unloaded and it was found to have been loaded in other trucks for the purpose of disposal for illegal pecuniary benefit.Heaps of illegally unloaded LAM coke weighing about 32 MT along with nine trucks loaded with LAM coke, one excavator and other incriminating materials were seized from the accused.
A total of 54 MT of LAM coke worth around Rs 13.50 lakh was found to have been stolen and kept stored by the accused illegally for the purpose of sale.
The arrested persons would be forwarded to court. A case has been registered in this connection while further investigation is underway.
