Brown sugar worth Rs 11 lakh seized, one held in Balasore

Representational image

Balasore: Brown sugar worth Rs 11 lakh was seized in Odisha’s Balasore district Wednesday and one person held in this connection, police said.

Excise sleuths, acting on a tip-off, raided a house at Sadanandapur village under Basta police station and seized 105gm of brown sugar worth around Rs 11 lakh from a person.

The person was taken into custody for further interrogation, said an excise official.

He is suspected to be connected with a bigger drug trafficking gang, the official added.

(PTI)

Exit mobile version