The Chhattisgarh Police arrested two persons on charges of smuggling 12 pieces of rough diamonds valued at Rs 40,000 in Dhamtari district, police said on Wednesday.
Speaking to The Pioneer over telephone, Dhamtari Additional Superintendent of Police Manisha Thakur Rawate identified the two as Ishu Sharma (29) and Dagendra Netam (26).
They were caught in the Borai police station area on Tuesday night when they were on a motorcycle while heading from Gariaband’s Mainpur town towards Dhamtari.
The accused illegally brought the diamonds in Gariaband and they planned to sell it, the officer said.