Chhattisgarh Police on Wednesday arrested two persons and seized gold and silver ornaments valued at Rs 38.50 lakhs from them in Mahasamund district.
Mahasamund Superintendent of Police Dharmendra Singh identified them as Guru Netam (25) and Karan Netam (24), both from Mahasamund district.
They were nabbed while heading to the bullion market in Gandhi Chowk in Mahasamund town on a motorcycle to sell the jewellery.
They told the police they stole the jewelry from a shop in Odisha.
The police seized 600 grams of gold ornaments worth Rs 35 lakhs, 5 kg of silver jewellery of Rs 3.50 lakhs.