In a first, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch have seized Cocaine weighing 202 grams from the capital city of Bhubaneswar.
The market value of the seized contraband is said to be more than Rs 50 lakh.
The STF have apprehended two interstate drug dealers in this connection from Salia Sahi in the Smart City.
The drug peddlers have been identified as Ravi and Sunny Kumar from Rajasthan who are suspected to have foreign drug trade links as well.
As per the information provided by the Crime Branch, Ravi used to buy the drug from Delhi and sold it in many states including Odisha.
He has a hotel in Rajasthan and a travel agency in Delhi as well. Reports said he has been dealing with drugs since the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Sunny Kumar used to stay in Salia Sahi and targeted the upper class youths in the city’s star hotels to sell his drug