An Excise Department Flying Squad and police personnel on Friday seized 47 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 4.70 lakh during a joint raid in the Alipingala area under the Sadar police station in Jagatsinghpur.
Two peddlers, identified as Dibyaranjan Sethi and Deepak Kumar Rout, were arrested in this connection.Acting on a tipoff, the team conducted a raid and intercepted both the peddlers from different places. Following a search, police recovered 27 grams of brown sugar from Rout’s possession at Kusida and 20 grams from Sethi’s possession at Alipingala.
Further investigation into the seizures was underway. “The investigation is currently underway to track down the syndicate and its network operating in Jagatsinghpur,” an excise official said.