Two suspected members of a drug smuggling racket were arrested with over 40 kilos of cannabis worth around Rs 5 lakh in Fulbari on Sunday evening.

A team of New Jalpaiguri police station under Siliguri Metropolitan Police intercepted an SUV in Fulbari, located on the southern end of Siliguri.

“We found 43kg of cannabis from the vehicle. The estimated price of the seized narcotics is around Rs 5 lakh in the grey market. Ranjit Kumar and Motilal Goala, residents of Bihar and Tripura, respectively, who were in the vehicle have been arrested. They were smuggling cannabis from the northeast to Bihar,” said a police officer.

“We will interrogate them as they are suspected to be members of a drug smuggling racket,” he added.