Brown sugar worth Rs 25 lakh seized, 1 held

The police on Tuesday seized 250 gm of brown sugar from a man here and arrested him for possessing the contraband, an officer said.

The brown sugar, worth Rs 25 lakh, was seized from the man in Khandagiri area, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate, Anup Sahoo, said.

Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of Khandagiri police and special squad conducted a raid and seized the contraband, the DCP said.