Buguda: Excise officials seized 100g of brown sugar and arrested a 47-year-old man near Golia Chhak in Buguda of Ganjam district, Monday morning. The accused, Arun Palai, a resident of Golia village, was intercepted during a surprise raid while Excise officials were patrolling the area.
The operation was conducted on the instructions of Ganjam district Excise Superintendent Amarendra Jena. A motorcycle bearing registration number OD 32 G 4864 was also seized from the accused.
A case has been registered at Buguda Excise police station under Case No. 108/2026-27, Excise Station Officer Jyotiranjan Senapati said. Palai was subsequently produced in court.
In May, Excise officials had seized 200g of brown sugar from the same Golia Chhak area. Excise mobile inspector Pradeep Kumar Mohanty, Senapati and constables Subal Pradhan, Kamana Kumar Behera and Krushna Chandra Sethi participated in the raid.
