Fatehpur (UP), Nov 12 (PTI) Two suspected drug smugglers were arrested here Thursday with ganja worth Rs 60 lakh, police said.

A joint team of the Special Task Force and the Narcotics Department made the arrest near the Lucknow-Fatehpur National Highway, Station House Officer of the Husaainganj police station Satyendra Singh Bhadoriya said.

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The contraband was hidden in a water tanker, he said.

The police officer said that the owner of the tanker managed to escape and efforts are on to nab him.

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The accused confessed to smuggling the contraband from Odisha for selling in areas adjoining Fatehpur, the SHO added.

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