Brown sugar worth Rs 24 lakh seized, 1 arrested in Khurda

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KalingaTV News Network

Khurda: Khurda Excise officials arrested a drug peddler and seized 120 grams of brown sugar from his possession here on Monday.

According to reports, excise sleuths, acting on a tip off, conducted a raid on the Christiansahi of the town and arrested Dhaneswar Pradhan after finding brown sugar from his possession. Besides, Rs 48,000 was also recovered from Pradhan’s posession.

Sources said that the contraband is estimated to be valued at more than Rs 24 lakh.

The excise officials had yesterday arrested two brothers from a slum under Laxmisagar police limits of Bhubaneswar and seized brown sugar worth Rs 3 lakh.

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