Bhubaneswar: Excise officials seized brown sugar worth Rs 19 lakh from Kargil Basti in Capital on Friday and arrested two persons on charges of smuggling.
The arrested includes a woman. Officials said the accused had procured the brown sugar from Balasore and were involved in the smuggling of the contraband for past few months.
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The seized brown sugar weighs 195 grams, said excise officials.
The accused are Ramesh Beura (25) and Gita Rauta (30).
On a tip-off, excise officials raided Kargil slum under Airfield police limits and arrested the accused.
