Imphal, July 8 -- The Manipur Police and the Assam Rifles arrested two individuals and seized 21.8 kilograms of contraband ganja valued at approximately Rs 2.2 lakh at the Manipur-Nagaland border late Monday night.

Acting on intelligence inputs about the movement of illegal items from Manipur's Thoubal district, a team from Mao Police Station, assisted by the 16 Assam Rifles, conducted surveillance at Mao, the last border check post on NH-102 in northern Manipur.

During the operation, the team intercepted a Nagaland-bound passenger bus. Upon inspection, two suspects were found in possession of a red suitcase containing 21 sealed plastic packets-each carrying about 1 kg of high-grade ganja.

The recovery was made in the presence of an Ex...