SASARAM, Dec. 17 -- Five narcotics smugglers were arrested with 92 kg of cannabis, valued at Rs.46 lakh, during a raid on Pali Road under Dehri Town police station limits in Rohtas district on Wednesday, police said.

The recovery was made from two vehicles that were allegedly transporting the contraband from Jharkhand.

Acting on a tip-off about the arrival of a large consignment of cannabis, a police team led by Dehri Town Station House Officer (SHO) Shivendra Kumar, along with Circle Officer, Dehri, acting as a magistrate, launched a vehicle-checking drive. A car and a tractor coming from the Aurangabad side were intercepted and searched, said Dehri Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Atulesh Jha.

The arrested persons were identi...