Thane: Two men hailing from Odisha were arrested after police seized 37.39 kg of ganja valued at Rs 16.68 lakh from them in Maharashtra’s Thane district, an official said on Monday.
Based on a tip-off, a crime branch team laid a trap near a roadside eatery on Anjurphata-Vasai road in Bhiwandi area on March 1 evening, news agency PTI reported.
During checking of the two persons after they arrived there, the police recovered the contraband from their possession and took them into custody, the official from Bhoiwada police station said.
The accused have been identified as Rajkishore Dhootkrishna Behra (31) and Sagar Surendra Nayak (29). They have been booked under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the official said.
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