Balasore, Dec 8: Excise officials on sunday seized brown sugar worth Rs 2 crore in Odisha's balasore town and one has been arrested in this connection, an official said.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of excise officials raided a house in Adarbazar area and seized the contraband.

Balasore Excise Superintendent Sushanta Padhi said they received reliable information that a huge amount of brown sugar was going to be transported from a house at Arad Bazaar in the town.

One man was arrested while another managed to flee the spot when the raid was launched in the house, he said.

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