Odisha Officials's Special Task Force (STF) seized 1.227 kg of brown sugar worth Rs 1.22 crore on Tuesday and arrested a wanted narcotics trader in the process, police said.

The STF raided a location near Pahal crossing in the Khurda district and recovered drugs from a drug trader. He was also involved in a number of additional narcotics cases that were filed in various districts across the state. The cops also seized a bike and five cellphones from the drug dealer's hands. The STF has opened an investigation under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act of 1985.

In a special operation against narcotic narcotics since 2020, the STF has captured more than 49 kg of brown sugar and 89 quintals of ganja, as well as 123 drug dealers.

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