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1 held for possessing contraband in Odisha

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Press Trust of India Balasore (Odisha)

Excise department sleuths Tuesday seized brown sugar from a man at Jaleswar in Balasore district and arrested him for possessing the contraband, an official of the department said.

The man was arrested from a slum area in the district, he said, adding, the value of the contraband weighing 23 gm is around Rs 3 lakh.

In December 2018, excise officials had also seized 210 gram of brown sugar from the same area, the official said.

On the basis of a tip-off, we raided a house in Jhadeswarpur near Jaleswar Tuesday early morning and seized the contraband from one Anil Khatek (28), who is from neighbouring West Bengal, the official said.

 

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First Published: Jan 22 2019 | 3:50 PM IST

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