Malda (WB), Sep 8 (PTI) Two persons were arrested with brown sugar worth around Rs 25 lakh in West Bengal's Malda district, police said Tuesday.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team apprehended the two from Madhughat area this morning, they said.

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"Around 305 gram of brown sugar was recovered from their possession. They are being interrogated," English Bazar police station's inspector-in-charge Madan Mohan Roy said.

The arrested persons are identified as Babar Sekh and Rubel Sekh, both residents of Kaliachak area in the district.

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Further investigation is underway, he added.

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