India, May 23 -- In an intelligence-led operation, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 702 kg of ganja worth around Rs.3 crore and arrested two alleged drug traffickers in Gondia on Thursday after intercepting a truck carrying the contraband from Odisha to Maharashtra, officials said.

The accused, identified as Prakash MD and Padamlal NM, were allegedly transporting the ganja for distribution to trafficking networks operating in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Gondia and Goa.

What appeared to be a routine consignment of grocery items like detergent, toothpaste and hair dye turned out to be a carefully engineered smuggling operation. During the search operation, the NCB recovered 100 packets of ganja hidden amid the cargo from the Maharashtr...