Following a tipoff, the Special Task Force (STF) of the State police carried out raids on two fake zarda tobacco storing units at two different locations at Station Bazaar and Jaleswarpur and arrested two persons in this connection and seized tobacco worth over Rs 10 lakh.
The packed tobaccos were being sold in the names of branded companies, said police.
They arrested were identified as Chandan Churasia and Ashok Sahu, both of the Jaleswar area, said Jaleswar police station IIC Manas Deo, adding that two cases were registered against them.
In another development, Deo heading a team of police after raiding a drug peddling centre seized 250 grams of brown sugar worth about Rs 25 lakh. However, the accused managed to flee.