Chatra, Apr 8 (PTI) Two persons were arrested with opium worth Rs 10 crore in Jharkhand's Chatra district, police said on Monday.

A workshop for making brown sugar was also busted in the raid, they said.

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SP Vikash Pandey said police received a tip-off on Sunday night that opium was stored at a house in Mahuda village in the Itkhori police station area.

"A police team raided the house and 204.4 kg of opium was seized," he said

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"Two persons, identified as Pankaj Kumar Dangi and Dhirendra Dangi, were arrested," he added.

A machine used for making brown sugar, a gas stove and cylinder, a weighing machine, and other items were also found there, Pandey said.

A case was registered and an investigation was underway, he said.

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