India, June 6 -- In an intelligence-led operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 522.55 kilogram of cannabis (ganja), valued at around Rs.2.61 crore, in Nagpur from two members of an alleged inter-state drug trafficking syndicate. Both the accused were arrested after being caught red-handed, allegedly transporting the consignment in a heavy-duty goods truck from the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border to Maharashtra for delivery to local networks, DRI officials said on Friday.

The accused were intercepted on National Highway-53 at the Mathani Toll Plaza in Nagpur, and a search of the truck revealed eight bags with 247 packages of cannabis, each of them wrapped in khaki-coloured plastic tape, hidden in a compartment be...