nChhattisgarh Police on Tuesday seized 270 kg of cannabis valued at Rs 35 lakh and arrested two persons in Gariaband who were transporting it from Odisha to Raipur.
Gariaband Additional Superintendent of Police Sukhnandan Rathore told The Pioneer
over telephone that the arrested men were driver Krishna Yadav (25) and his assistant Balram Mahinlange (26), both residents of Gudhiyari area in Raipur.
The action was taken based on a tip that the contraband was being brought to Raipur from Odisha via the Gariaband National Highway NH-130C, he said.
The police intercepted a pick-up van (CG-04, NC-9816) during checking at the Shyamacharan Chowk in Rajim town in Gariaband district, Rathore said.
The police seized 135 packets of cannabis, each weighing 2 kg, from the vehicle. They were packed in bags and concealed inside eight cartoons. A mobile phone and the pick-up van were also seized, the officer said.