Bhubaneswar, Oct. 27 -- With the drug peddlers and the mafias in the neighbouring Balasore district feeling the police heat, the scene seems to have shifted to adjacent Bhadrak. The contrabands seized in the last 90-days tell the tale.

As per police data, Odisha police had seized nearly 1.7kg of brown sugar from the district alone during the last 90-days. But police investigations show Balasore is still the main narco supplier district in the State. The drug trade is gaining currency in the coastal belt, despite the trade having been on police radar for a long.

In sequence to a police operation against drugs, after 96 hours, the Bhadrak police on Tuesday had again seized over 1kg brown sugar having a market value of Rs 1.3 cr. The polic...