Excise dept seizes brown sugar worth 15 lakhs from Balasore, 2 including woman arrested

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Balasore: The Excise Department on Friday seized 150 grams of brown sugar from at Chalanti chhak on NH-16 under Jaleswar police limits in Balasore and detained two people including a woman in this connection.

The arrested drug dealers have been identified as Nagma Bibi of Binjharpur area in Jajpur and Praful Patra of Jajpur Road.

Based on a reliable information, a special team of 15 members from Jaleswar Excise Department intercepted a Mahindra van at Chalanti chhak on NH-16 and seized 150 grams of brown sugar from the vehicle. The cops also arrested Nagma and Praful from the spot.

The value of the seized contraband is estimated to be around Rs 15 lakh.

It is to be noted that teams of Special Task Force (STF), police and Excise Department have seized brown sugar worth six crore rupees from Jaleswar area within one month.

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