Bhubaneswar: The Odisha crime branch has seized 319 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 31 lakh and arrested a person involved in peddling drugs, police said Wednesday.
Based on a tip-off, a team of the special task force (STF) of the crime branch conducted a raid on the bank of the river Kuakhai on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar Tuesday and seized the drug from his possession, a police officer said.
The arrested drug peddler is a resident of Bhubaneswar.
The police have also seized a motorcycle used by the accused person, he said, adding that the accused has been forwarded to the court of the district judge of Khurda in Bhubaneswar.
Earlier, he was involved in two other cases in Badagada and Balianta police stations here.
PTI