Bhubaneswar, Sept. 17 -- It seems Odisha has turned a new destination for drugs mafia with rampant trade of illegal narcotics like Brown Sugar spreading its tentacles across several districts of the State.

And the chain of network seems to have been starting from Nepal and entering the neighbouring West Bengal through Bangladesh from where it is transported to Odisha. Despite stringent vigil and arrests of the accused, such drug peddlers continue trading the contraband items after release from jail which has become a major challenge for the State police.

An exclusive OTV exclusive report has unearthed how the trade of illegal drugs spread its network in cities like Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack, Khurda, Berhmapur and Bhubaneswar. ...