Crime
Odisha: Brown Sugar With Drug Peddler Arrested
Balasore, Feb 10: As part of its drive against drug smuggling, the Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch seized brown sugar worth over Rs. 1 crore in Soro police station area of Balasore district today.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the STF from Bhubaneswar conducted a raid and seized the contraband item weighing 1.1 kg in front of a private Hotel. The cops also arrested a youth named Babu on charges of peddling the cntraband.
The accused, a resident of Kajimahala in Soro, is being interrogated in connection with the case, said the police.