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The Bhubaneswar Excise Department on Monday carried out a major operation, seizing large quantities of illegal liquor and ganja in separate incidents.

Two persons were arrested following the seizures. The raids were conducted following specific intelligence inputs about smuggling activities in the Odisha capital.

Excise officials intercepted a car on Monday night while it was transporting Aska-40 illegally. The vehicle was detained between Kalpana Square and Rajmahal after a chase.

"We received a tip-off that a vehicle would enter Bhubaneswar with the items. We followed the car and detained it. In the search, we found 35 carto...