The Darbha police have arrested as many as four persons on charges of smuggling ganja.
The action against the accused has been taken under relevant sections of the NDPS Act, police said.
After receiving a tip-off that some persons were transporting ganja smuggled from the Malkangiri region of Odisha, the Darbha police team swung into action.
During the checking of the vehicles going towards Jagdalpur via Sukma, the accused were nabbed with the consignment in a car, police said.
During search as much as 24 kg of ganja was recovered from the car. The market value of the seized ganja is estimated to be around Rs 2.50 lakh, they stated.
The four accused were identified as Sheikh Wahid, son of Sheikh Saleem (27) of Nainpur, Mandla, Ranu Verma, son of Ashok Kumar Verma (27) of Nainpur, Mandla, Vinay Rao, son of Mohan Rao (26) of Nainpur, Mandla besides Fazal Khan, son of Kadir Khan (20) of Elahi Chowk under City Kotwali Police station Mandla.