Bhubaneswar, Mar 23 (PTI) Two women were arrested from Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar after brown sugar worth Rs 26 lakh was seized from their possession, a senior officer said on Saturday.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Special Crime Unit of the Commissionerate Police seized 256 grams of the narcotics substance from them during a raid in Jadupur area on Friday, Police Commissioner Sanjeev Panda said.

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Apart from the brown sugar, police also seized three mobile phones and a laptop from their possession, he said.

“We have also identified the person who used to supply narcotics substance to the two women,” the police commissioner said.

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The accused women are from Bhadrak and Puri districts, police said.

One of the accused is working in a private firm as an accountant, while another has completed her postgraduate in computer application, police said.

They have been staying in a rented house in the city.

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