Two persons were arrested with 1,845 kilogrammes of red sandalwood, worth Rs 9.22 crore, that was to be exported illegally to China, a police official said Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, a tempo was intercepted Friday on Veera Desai Road in suburban Andheri, Inspector Daya Nayak of Amboli police station said.

He said 500 kilogrammes of red sandalwood was seized from the tempo and its two occupants were placed under arrest, Nayak said. During interrogation, the duo revealed that a huge stock of red sandalwood was stored in a warehouse in Kurla, he said.