Baripada, Nov 28 (PTI) Three persons were arrested with 21 kg cannabis in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said on Sunday.

Acting on a tip-off, a bus stand was raided in Baripada town on Saturday night and the arrests were made, they said.

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Total 21 kg cannabis, worth Rs 2 lakh, were seized from them, police said.

Those arrested, residents of Murshidabad district in West Bengal, were waiting for a Kolkata-bound bus, they added.

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A case has been registered against them, police said.

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