The Tangi police have arrested two inter-State dacoits from New Delhi and Madhya Pradesh for allegedly looting cigarettes worth more than Rs one crore from a truck in the district.
The accused were identified as Amit Chopra and Amit Choudhury. As many as 238 cartons of cigarettes worth around Rs 1 crore and Rs 10 lakh cash was seized from their possession, sources said.
The accused had on November 4 allegedly looted 390 cartons of cigarettes from a container truck on NH-16 at Ugratara Chhak under the Tangi police station in the district.
They had intercepted the vehicle, which was carrying the cigarettes from Hyderabad to Kolkata. Then they forcibly dragged the truck driver to a nearby forest at gunpoint and tied him there before committing the loot.