Medininagar, Mar 18 (PTI) Three persons were arrested with brown sugar in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Tuesday.

Their vehicle was intercepted during a checking at the Mangardaha Valley in Chainpur police station area on Monday night, Sub-Divisional Police Officer Madhubhusan Prasad said.

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Apart from brown sugar worth Rs 12.4 lakh, police seized Rs 8.89 lakh in cash from them, he said.

"Two gold rings weighing around 28 gram, a gold chain, a silver ring, three mobile phones and the car were also seized," he added.

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Those arrested were identified as Manish Kumar (22), Md Toofan (20) and Chirag Kumar Singh (20), the SDPO said.

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