Chhattisgarh Police on Monday said it seized 546.170 kg of cannabis valued at Rs 50 lakhs and arrested two persons in Sukma district who were transporting it from Odisha to Maharashtra.
Sukma Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma told The Pioneer over telephone that the two are Gajanand Bhagat (50) and accomplice Rajesh Rao (28), both from Maharashtra.
Police halted a truck driven by Bhagat on the Sukma National Highway NH-30. It was equipped with a GPS system.
The cannabis was packed in gunny bags and hidden in a modified chamber inside the vehicle.