India News | Odisha: Man Arrested with Brown Sugar Worth Rs 1 Crore

Bhubaneswar, Nov 1 (PTI) A 32-year-old man was arrested with brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore in Odisha's Cuttack district, police said on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip-off, the Special Task Force of the state police's Crime Branch conducted a raid near Kalibiri bridge in Tigiria on Tuesday evening and apprehended one Suryakanta Mantry, they said.

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On searching him, brown sugar weighing 1.02 kg was seized, besides other incriminating materials, they added.

A case was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, and an investigation was underway, police said.

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