Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch has seized 319 grams of brown sugar worth over Rs 31 lakh and arrested a drug peddler in Bhubaneswar.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the STF conducted a raid on the bank of river Kuakhai on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on Tuesday and seized the drug from his possession, a police officer said on Wednesday.
The arrested drug peddler is a resident Kesura area of Bhubaneswar.
The STF team also seized a motorcycle used by the accused person, The accused has been forwarded to the court of district judge of Khurda in Bhubaneswar.
Police said the accused was earlier involved in two other cases in Badagada and Balianta police stations of Bhubaneswar.