In a crackdown on illegal drugs trade, excise officials arrested two persons and seized 295 grams of brown sugar from their possession in the wee hours of Saturday.
The arrestees were identified as Rabindra Pradhan of Mathasahi and Krushna Chandra Palei of Radhamohanpur area under the Khordha Town police station.
On a tipoff, a joint team of Cuttack flying squad and Khordha Excise Department conducted simultaneous raids at Pradhan and Palei’s residence and seized a combined 295 grams of brown sugar from their possession.
“The rate of the brown sugar would be somewhere around Rs 29.50 lakh in the international market, informed Excise Department Deputy Superintendent Shantanu Das.
Earlier on December 14, a team of Khordha Excise and Central Intelligence officials had seized 76 grams
brown sugar worth Rs 8 lakh from house of one Sarojini Sahu house at Bhaliabadi area near the New Bus Stand in Khordha.
Sources said Sarojini Sahu is the mother-in-law of Krushna Chandra Palei who was arrested on the day. Further police investigation into the case is underway.