Cuttack: The commissionerate police on Tuesday seized 257 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 26 lakh from Kaliaboda area in Cuttack and arrested two persons.
The accused were identified as Iswar Mahara (31) and Budhu Roy (30) of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.
After getting a tip-off that brown sugar was being transported to Khurda from Murshidabad, Chauliaganj police along with special squad members from Cuttack blocked the road at Kaliaboda square at 4.30 am.
While checking vehicles, they stopped the SUV in which the accused were travelling and launched a search during which the contraband was recovered. “We also seized Rs 2 lakh from the duo,” said Anil Mishra, additional DCP, Cuttack. tnn
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