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A juvenile justice board in Odisha has convicted a juvenile over seizure of contraband heroin from him — in the state’s first conviction of a minor under the narcotics law.
The board held the minor guilty Friday and sent him to a special home in Berhampur for three years for the offence under Section 21 (c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
Police officers said conviction of a juvenile in an NDPS case is rare in India.
The court has directed officials to provide the child with reformative service including education, skill development, counselling, behaviour modification therapy and psychiatric support during the minor’s stay in the special home.
The Special Task Force (STF) in Bhubaneswar had seized 1.26 kg of brown sugar from three persons including the minor on August 12, 2021, said officials. STF is a special Odisha Police wing to curb organised crime.
The STF apprehended the three persons, said to be dealers, and seized the contraband and other incriminating articles.
Since 2020, the STF has seized more than 73 kg of heroin, 202 grams of cocaine, over 116 quintals of marijuana and 750 grams of opium. It has arrested more than 183 drug dealers and peddlers. The STF has also destroyed over 62 kg of seized brown sugar in the last one year, STF IG, JN Pankaj told The Indian Express.
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