LUCKNOW, Aug. 21 -- As luck would have it, two drug smugglers' change of mind to travel by a bus instead of a train to avoid rush landed them in police net here on Thursday.

District police arrested the duo identified as Pradeep Modak, 34 of West Bengal's Cooch Behar, and Anil Kumar, 35, of Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh and seized around 67 kg of ganja (marijuana) with an estimated market value of around Rs.33 lakh from them.

"The two accused, who usually travelled by train, opted for a bus this time. They were waiting for the bus near a private school close to Kanausi flyover slope when a police team intercepted and arrested them," said Lucknow's Manak Nagar station in-charge Ajit Kumar.

"During routine checking for suspicious persons, the...