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Arrested Drug Kingpin Raja Leads STF To Woman Peddler In Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: A day after taking drug kingpin Sheikh Raja on seven-day remand, the Special Task Force (STF) of the state Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested a woman drug peddler here.

She has been identified as Hainara Khatoon (37), a native of East Medinapur in West Bengal.

She was nabbed from Haladipadia slum under Laxmisagar police limits here on the basis of inputs provided by Raja, sources said.

Both Khatoon and Raja were wanted in the same case registered under various Sections of the NDPS Act and Arms Act, the sources added.

 

OB Bureau

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