The Excise Department officers Sunday seized two kilograms of brown sugar worth about Rs 2 crore from a smuggler at Arad Bazar in Balasore.
With the joint cooperation of the excise department and the police, the brown sugar was seized and the accused was arrested. However, another accused managed to escape.
On the instructions of the District Collector, a team led by District Excise Superintendent Sushant Kumar Padhi, conducted a raid at the Arad Bazar area and nabbed Amjad Khan, with 2 kg brown sugar.
In this regard, a case (288/24-25) has been registered and a search is underway to apprehend the absconding accused, the police said.