A woman was arrested by Excise Department personnel and seized cannabis worth nearly Rs 7 lakh from her possession in the Basta area in Baleswar district on Monday.
Following a tip-off, the excise personnel conducted a raid in the house of the woman, Kabita Tola, aged 26 years. More than one quintal of the banned substance was seized from her house at Rangamatia, Bahabalpur. But the main accused, Kabita’s husband, was absconding, informed excise officials.