Peddler Held with 12 gram Brown Sugar & Country-Made Gun in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Bharatpur Police arrested a drug smuggler after seizing 12 grams of brown sugar and a country-made gun from his residence on Saturday.

The arrested accused is identified as Kanha alias Papuna Pradhan.

The accused used to smuggle brown sugar from Bhadrak, Balasore, and sell it at different places in Bhubaneswar, the police source said.

According to sources,  a special team of Bharatpur police station raided the GA plot in Bharatpur area and arrested Kanha. They seized a 7.65mm country-made revolver along with 12 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 12 lakhs.

During interrogation, the accused admitted that he was selling brown sugar to the public. He kept a gun with him to scare other traders and demand more money from customers in return for brown sugar.

Bharatpur Police registered a case and forwarded the drug smuggler to court. Kanha was earlier arrested for the same offense of smuggling brown sugar.