Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has arrested 10 brown sugar peddlers/dealers from different parts of Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
According to reports, five brown sugar smugglers were arrested from Khandagiri area, four were arrested from Tamando and one from Bharatpur area.
It is noteworthy that, the Commissionerate Police had launched operation “white spider” to nab the drug peddlers.
The commissionerate police on August 16 launched operation ‘White Spider’ to check the drug menace in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha.
The police will target the entire chain including the suppliers, dealers and peddlers engaged in drugs trade.
All police stations had been sensitized regarding this drive. Members of the Special Squad along with the Quick Action Team (QAT) will carry out the operation.
The Commissionerate Police has also launched a dedicated WhatsApp number – 7077798111 and sought public cooperation to check the contraband menace.
Police said their main target are the drug peddlers who are supplying huge quantities of brown sugar to various districts via Bhubaneswar and Cuttack after procuring the same from Jaleswar and Balasore.
“One of our top priorities is to check the drug menace because anti-socials are using Bhubaneswar and Cuttack as transit routes to supply the contraband to suppliers in other districts like Puri, Khurda, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak, and others,” said Police Commissioner SK Priyadarsi.
Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash said they are simultaneously focusing on drug peddling, slums and street crimes as they are inter-related to each other.
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