India, Nov. 7 -- The authorities have seized narcotic substances worth around Rs 1.2 crore in Odisha's Nuapada district ahead of the November 11 Assembly bypoll.

This was revealed by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Odisha today.

The CEO has asked the district administration as well as the Excise Department to intensify their drive against narcotics in the bypoll-bound Nuapada.

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The authorities have seized around 86 litres of beer, 42 litres of foreign liquor, 6,963 litres of country liquor and 1,512 litres of smuggled liquor in Nuapada since the imposition of the model code of conduct for the by-election, said the CEO's office in a state...