Chhattisgarh Police on Monday seized 1,005 kg of cannabis valued at Rs 2.01 crore and arrested two persons in Mahasamund district who were transporting it from Odisha to Madhya Pradesh.
Mahasamund Superintendent of Police Prafull Kumar Thakur told The Pioneer over telephone that the arrested men were driver Ashok Kumar Sahu (27) and his cleaner-assistant Ashok Kumar Dehuri (26), both residents of Odisha.
The action was taken based on a tip that the contraband was being transported to Madhya Pradesh from Odisha via the Mahasamund National Highway NH-53, Thakur said.
Police intercepted a goods carriage (CG-17, H-2027) near Saraipali village in the Singhoda police station limits.
The police seized from the truck 990 packets of cannabis, each weighing 1.01 kg and packed in 33 gunny bags.
A mobile phone, Rs 9,000 in cash and the vehicle were also seized.