Chhattisgarh Police on Tuesday seized 125 kg of cannabis valued at Rs 6.25 lakh and arrested five persons in Rajnandgaon district who were transporting it from Odisha to Madhya Pradesh.
Rajnandgaon Superintendent of Police D. Shrawan told The Pioneer over telephone that the arrested men were Mahendra Vishwakarma (38), Kamlesh Raghuvanshi (32), Shivkumar Raghuvanshi (29), Ajay Lodhi (26) and Irfan Khan (21), all residents of Madhya Pradesh.
The action was taken based on a tip that the contraband was being transported to Madhya Pradesh from Odisha via the Rajnandgaon National Highway NH-44, the officer said.
The police stopped two cars without registration numbers near Mohara village in the Basantpur police station limits, he added.
The police seized the cannabis from the cars. A mobile phone, some cash and the cars used in the crime have also been seized.