Bhubaneswar, June 11 -- The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police has arrested a drug peddler and seized contraband brown sugar (heroin) weighing 319 grams, along with other incriminating materials from his possession.
According to STF sources, acting on intelligence input, a team of STF, Bhubaneswar, conducted a raid on the banks of the Kuakhai River near Hi-Tech-Tankapani Road on Tuesday and apprehended the drug peddler.
During the search, the STF team recovered the contraband from Mrunal Samal, a resident of Kesura Lane-2 under Badagada police station in the state capital.
The accused failed to produce any valid authorisation for the possession of such contraband materials, leading to his arrest and subsequent forwarding to the co...