Ganja worth over Rs 2 crore in the illegal market was seized from a truck in Mantha area of Jalna district in Maharashtra, police said on Friday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team stopped the truck on Jintur Road on Thursday night and found 15 sacks of ganja inside, an official said.
"The driver, Sanjay Pannalal Singal, a resident of Salegaon in Vijapur in Aurangabad, has been arrested. The truck was coming from Andhra Pradesh and moving towards Jalgaon. Ganja worth Rs 2 crore was seized," Superintendent of Police S Chaitanya said.
A case has been registered under The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the SP informed.
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