TIRUCHY: Thanjavur police seized 285 kg ganja worth Rs 1 crore smuggled from Andhra Pradesh for local distribution and two persons were arrested in this regard. On a tip off that large quantity of ganja being smuggled from Visakhapatnam to Thanjavur for local distribution, the DIG (Thanjavur Range) Jayachandran alerted SP Ashish Rawat who formed a special team and intercepted a truck to seize the contraband. Two identified as Karthi alias Hulk Karthi (33) from Madurai and Ragunathan (27) from Tenkasi were arrested.

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