Thane: Brown sugar worth about Rs one crore was seized and a 40-year-old drug-peddler arrested in Thane district, police said on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip-off, the anti-narcotic cell laid a trap at Chhatrapati Shivaji Civic hospital in Kalwa township of the district on Monday and nabbed the accused, said to be the kingpin of the drug-peddling racket, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), Thane, Parag Manere told reporters in Thane.