Puri: Police have seized brown sugar worth more than Rs 40 lakh and arrested three persons including a woman and her son for peddling the contraband in Odisha’s Puri town.
Speaking to media persons on Saturday, additional SP of Puri Sushil Mishra said Baselhi Sahi police station received reliable information about sale of the brown sugar in a place under its jurisdiction and conducted a raid on the day.
During the raid, the police team seized brown sugar weighing 404 gram from the possession of three persons. While the market value of the seized contrband was estimated to be around Rs 44 lakh, the three persons were arrested under NDPS Act, Mishra said.
The arrested persons are Jharana Panda alias Gita Behera, her son Rajesh Panda alias Raja and Durga Panda. They are residents of Gokhasahi under Baselisahi police limits. The police also seized five mobile phones, a laptop, a tablet, a Bullet motorcycle and Rs 890 in cash from their possession.
Several cases are already pending against Jharana at Baselisahi and Baliapanda police stations in Puri town, police sources said.
Mumbai: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday announced that the state government would…
New Delhi: The Group of Ministers (GoM) for GST rate rationalisation has decided to lower tax…
New Delhi: He may be the founder and CEO of globally-used social media platform X as…
Cuttack: Total 683 candidates have cleared the Odisha Civil Services Examination 2022, conducted by the…
Bengaluru: Sarfaraz Khan (150) and Rishabh Pant (99) raised hopes of a miracle with a dazzling…
Bhubaneswar: With various weather models predicting a possible cyclone over Bay of Bengal next week,…
Bhubaneswar: After the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) faced crushing defeat in last Lok Sabha and…
New Delhi: Tokyo Police on Saturday arrested a man for crashing a van into Prime…