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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 on 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 river Kuakhai on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on 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 district judge of Khurda in Bhubaneswar.
Earlier, he wa...