Ranchi, February 27 A man and his son were arrested with 48 kg of marijuana, worth approximately Rs 40 lakh, in the Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said on Friday.
Police arrested both after receiving information that they had stored marijuana at their home in Badaik Colony, within the jurisdiction of the Gumla Sadar police station.
Gumla Sadar Officer in Charge Mahendra Karmalai said, "We arrested a man and his son during a raid and recovered 48 kg of marijuana and Rs 39,280 in cash from their house."
The estimated market value of the seized marijuana is around Rs 40 lakh, another official said.
An FIR has been registered in this regard under relevant sections of the NDPS Act, and both have been sent to judicial custody.