Police in Chhattisgarh’s Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district arrested six people and seized 919 kg of cannabis worth about Rs 4.59 crore from two pickup vehicles on Sunday morning.[1][2] The pickups, both registered in Odisha, were stopped for checking near the Nagpur outpost at around 10.30 a.m.[1]

The cannabis was found in more than 200 packets placed in sacks and concealed beneath bundles of clothes.[1] Police said the consignment had been loaded in Odisha and was being taken to Katni in Madhya Pradesh.[1][2]

Two of the six arrested are women from Katni, while the other four are from Sundargarh district in Odisha, and the accused allegedly told police the load was bound for Katni.[1] Police said the vehicles entered Chhattisgarh from the Jashpur side, travelled through the Surguja, Surajpur and Koriya regions, and were intercepted only a few kilometres before the Madhya Pradesh border.[1] A case under the NDPS Act was registered, and the cannabis and both vehicles were taken into custody.[1]