Puttur: Four persons were arrested on Sunday night(November 27) by DK police, to recover brown sugar stocked by them valued at several crores of rupees in Madnoor village of Puttur Taluka.

District Crime Intelligence Bureau at Kavoor Melinapete(Upper market) conducted the seizure operation. All four youths  in the age group of 23-28 years. Two of them were from Kasaragod(Kerala), one of Mangalore and the other belonged to Davanagere.

DK DSP Labhuram confirmed that 985 grams of brown Sugar(a drug) was in the possession of the gang at the time of arrest. Police are enquiring into the case for fuller details, he informed.