Jajpur 2 Feb.2019: Police on Saturday seized around 56 tonnes of paddy from a rice mill in Chatia of Jajpur district and arrested one person in this connection.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid in the rice mill this morning and seized the smuggled paddy with the arrest of one person.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the paddy was smuggled in trucks from Biridi and Tirtol areas of Jagatsinghpur by producing fake registration numbers.

A case has been registered in this regard and further investigation into the matter is underway, the police said.