Balasore (Odisha) Nov 17 (PTI) Two women were arrested and brown sugar worth Rs 8.5 lakh seized from their possession in Odisha's Balasore district on Tuesday, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided Adarbazar in Sahadevkhunta police station area in Balasore town and seized 85 gm of the drugs from two women aged 59 and 30, an officer said.

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They will be produced before a court, he added. PTI

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