Two persons were arrested and 767 kg cannabis worth around Rs 1 crore was seized from a truck in Narsipatnam area of rural Visakhapatnam on Thursday by officials of the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition and Excise Department.
"Acting on reliable information, the officials stopped a truck and found 767 kg cannabis from its vehicle. The smuggler and the driver were taken into custody," Inspector Bahadur said.
The cannabis, estimated to be worth around Rs 1 crore, was being transported from Visakhapatnam to Odisha.
In another case, a medical practitioner was arrested and 108 kg cannabis confiscated from his house in the district.
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