Two suspected peddlers, including a local youth, were arrested from the Rathbari area in Malda on Sunday night after around 70 kilos of cannabis was seized from their possession.

Police sources said the narcotic had been brought from Manipur. The arrested youths had travelled by train to reach Malda.

The arrested duo have been identified as Mahadeb Sarkar, who hails from Dinhata in Cooch Behar district, and Sanjay Pramanik, a resident of Sovanagar in Malda.

“Sarkar and Pramanik were to sell the consignment, packed in seven packets, in clandestine markets in the rural belts of Malda. The value of the seized cannabis is around Rs 4 lakh,” said Madanmohan Roy, inspector-in-charge of Englishbazar police station.

The police officers also pointed that in the past one year, around four quintals of cannabis had been seized in Englishbazar alone. Altogether, 22 persons have been arrested.