Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Balasore, Mar 4:

Acting on a tip-off a squad of Odisha excise sleuths conducted a raid and seized 30 grams of brown sugar with arrest of two drug peddlers near Jaleswar railway station in Balasore district today.

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The arrested have been identified as Prabhat Kumar Puntia and Prafulla Rout of Bhadrak district.

Cost of the banned drug seized from their possession would be around Rs 8 lakh in international market, informed an excise official.

According to reports, the excise squad conducted a raid when the two were heading towards Jaleswar rail station from Jaleswar market and nabbed them with the seized brown sugar.