Alipurduar and Cooch Behar police have seized sedatives and liquor on Wednesday night from different locations.
In Alipurduar, a police team raided the house of Sanjib Bhowmik, which is in ward 20 of the town, and seized 1,200 sedative tablets. The cost of the seized items is around ₹1 lakh.
Sanjib, along with Deepak Barman, who is from the same area and also his alleged associate, have been arrested.
Police sources said that Deepak used to bring the sedatives from Cooch Behar. He and Deepak would then sell those illegally in Alipurduar among drug abusers.
In Cooch Behar, personnel of the Sahebganj police station intercepted one Nirmal Barman, a resident of Chotosakdal village, for transporting liquor illegally in an e-rickshaw.
In all, 120 bottles of country liquor (60 bottles containing 300ml each and 60 more with 600ml each) were seized from Barman, police sources said.
Investigations are on.
