Chhattisgarh Police on Sunday seized 305 kg of cannabis valued at Rs 61 lakhs and arrested a man in Dhamtari district who was transporting it from Odisha to Madhya Pradesh.
This is the first time more than 300 kg of cannabis have been seized in the district. Dhamtari Additional Superintendent of Police Manisha Thakur Rawate told The Pioneer that Neelesh Yadav (23) from Madhya Pradesh has been taken into custody.
His accomplice Umend Kumar Tiwari escaped.
They were in a vehicle which the police intercepted on the Ghathula-Borai bus stand route. The contraband was concealed in 13 plastic bags.