Excise officials seized brown sugar weighing around 1 kg during a raid at Kamarda in Baleswar district on Wednesday and arrested two drug peddlers in this connection.
Based on inputs, a team of excise officials conducted the raid at Kamarda area and seized the contraband weighing around 1 kg and other incriminating materials from the possession of the drugs peddlers.
The identity of the accused duo was not immediately ascertained. The seized brown sugar was being transporting from West Bengal to Odisha.
The estimated market value of the seized brown sugar would be around Rs 1 crore, officials said.
In this connection, the Excise sleuths registered a case under the NDPS Act, 1985 and forwarded the two accused to court. Further investigation is on, the official said.