Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has arrested two drug peddlers and seized 14kg cannabis from the outskirts of the city here.
The accused were identified as Satish Kumar Pradhan alias Litu, 32, of Khajuripada area in Kandhamal district and Susanto Kumar Sahoo alias Babu, 32, of Belabahali under Ghasipura police limits in Keonjhar.
While Pradhan has been staying at Brahmeswar Patana area in Badagada here, Sahoo is residing in Sahid Nagar area of the Capital city. According to sources, the PCR staffers of Sahid Nagar police intercepted two luxury cars on suspicion after detecting packed sacks inside the vehicles while patrolling along river Kuakhai, at Bankuala.
Upon search, the cops later found the sacks containing various prohibited cannabis plant parts.
The accused revealed during interrogation that they had sourced the seized contraband from Kandhamal to sell them in Capital city. The cops have also seized one white Volkswagen car (OR 02 BS 1400) and a blue colour Hyundai Venue car (OD 02 BL 6632) from their possession.
