Odisha: Drug haul in Puri, five in police net

BHUBANESWAR: The special taskforce of Puri Police on Wednesday busted an inter-district syndicate of brown sugar suppliers and arrested five persons in this connection.
The sleuths seized 250 gram of brown sugar, valued at Rs 25 lakh (250 gram), along with a car, a motorcycle, 11 mobile phones, Rs 5,000 cash and two debit cards. The arrested include dealers and suppliers of the contraband.
Acting on a tip-off, the STF intercepted the car and the motorcycle near the Puri bypass road and found the contraband hidden in a polythene bag. “The five accused were then apprehended,” said SP (Puri) K V Singh.
The accused have been identified as Dhirendra Sahu (40), Subrat Khuntia (23), Madhab Mandal (28), Aditya Narayan Swain (30) and Suraj Parida (21). Khuntia is the mastermind of the syndicate, which was supplying the contraband across the pilgrim town along with other districts, the police added.
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