Tag: Brown Sugar

Balasore: Police on Tuesday arrested a man from Sunahata area under Town police limits of the district for allegedly carrying 20 grams brown sugar worth over Rs 2 lakhs. Acting on a tip off, the excise officials intercepted the 42-year-old man who was carrying 20 grams of brown sugar and arrested him from Madhunil Chhak […]

Bhadrak: Three youths were arrested today after brown sugar worth Rs 2 lakh was seized from a car near Charampa village in Bhadrak. The arrested youths were identified as Saroj Das of Aradi Chhak, Rajendra Sethi of Baradadihi village and the driver Barendra Behera of Tihidi village in Bhadrak. Acting on a tip-off, the excise […]

Balasore: Excise officials today seized 20 grams brown sugar from the house of  a ward member at Rajpur village in Jaleswar of Balasore district this morning. The accused has been identified as Sheikh Ajbahar, a ward member of Rajpur. Acting on a tip-off, the excise sleuths conducted a raid on the house of the ward […]

Khurda: A joint team of Excise officials and police late last night seized 105 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 21 lakh from Christiansahi in the town and arrested one person after a raid. The sleuths also seized Rs 58,000 cash from possession of the arrested person, identified as Brundaban Pradhan. Sources said Pradhan will […]

Cuttack: The flying squad of Excise department on Monday seized 280 grams of brown sugar worth nearly Rs 30 lakh following raids at two places in Cuttack.   Two drug peddlers from Aradabazar area in Balasore have also been arrested in this connection. The accused have been identified as Sk Sahid (30) and Jada Soren […]

Gajapati/Cuttack: A joint team of police and Excise officials destroyed ganja cultivation on 52 acres in Dumangpadar and Panaspadar areas under Adaba police limits in Gajapati district today. The joint squad set fire to 10.40 lakhs ganja plants worth around Rs 10.40 crore. The district administration has ordered to destroy such illegal ganja cultivation in […]

Balasore: The Excise department sleuths seized brown sugar worth Rs 15 lakh from a woman at Arada Bazaar in Balasore town today. As per sources, the officials arrested the woman, identified as Sahele Bibi for possessing 150 gram brown sugar which was found during a raid on a house in Arada Bazaar. The excise department […]

Bhubaneswar: Excise sleuths busted a brown sugar racket today and arrested a person from Thengahata near Samantarapur in Khurda district. As per reports, contraband weighing 22 gram along with a Bajaj Boxer motorcycle was seized from the accused identified as Prasanna Sahoo. Approximate value of seized property is stated to be Rs 4 lakh. In […]

Balasore: In a major crackdown on the illegal drug smuggling in Jaleswar, Sadar police today raided two villages in Balasore district and seized over 20 grams of brown sugar and 50 kg ganja worth more than Rs 2 lakhs. According to sources, a special police team raided one Salima Bibi’s house in Sekhbad village under […]

Cuttack: Central Excise Intelligence department seized 50 gram brown sugar worth around Rs 5 lakh and arrested two persons in this connection from railway station here on Wednesday. Two accused identified as Jamal Khan and Seikh Kalanka reportedly belong to Midnapore district of West Bengal. They will be produced before court today, Excise officials said. […]

Bhubaneswar: Excise sleuths today busted a brown sugar racket by arresting a trader from Thengahata near Samantarapur in Khurda district today. Contraband weighing 175 gram worth Rs 20 lakh, cash Rs 2.35 lakh, a gun and live bullets were seized from Somanath Bhujabal’s possession. He brings the illegal drug items from Jaleswar area in Balasore […]

Balasore: In a major breakthrough, Central Excise and Intelligence and Enforcement Bureau and Balasore unit seized brown sugar weighing around 1kg and arrested a drug peddler Sk Rafik (28) here on Sunday. The crackdown came after OTV in a sting operation had exposed rampant narcotics trade that was flourishing in Balasore district due to unbridled […]

Bhubaneswar: Thanks to an unbridled nexus between dealers and corrupt officials, illicit narcotics trade is now flourishing in Odisha’s Balasore district with ‘Brown sugar’, a crude form of heroin being the easiest commodity to be available in the open market here. The synthetic drug is being smuggled into Balasore by several peddlers from neighbouring West […]

Cuttack: In a major crackdown on the increasing drug racket in Cuttack, the Manglabag police arrested a 25-year-old drug dealer from Maachhua Bazar area on Monday. Police said, 28 grams of  brown sugar has been seized from the accused, identified as Munna aka Manoj Kahali. The market value of the contraband will be around Rs 2 […]

Baripada: Normal life has been crippled in Mayurbhanj district headquarters town today due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in protest against the police and excise department’s inefficiency to control rampant drugs business. Alleging a stiff rise of crime record in the town due to illegal business of brown sugar and […]