Brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore seized in Assam's Hojai, 1 arrested

Guwahati, Jul 19: Brown sugar worth around Rs 1 crore was seized in Assam's Hojai district on Tuesday and a person was arrested, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, the police seized 983 gm of brown sugar from a house in Lumding's South Hill Colony in the district, they said. A person, identified as Deabash Hore, was arrested, they added.

He had allegedly brought the drugs from Dimapur to Hojai by train to sell them, police said.