Thane: Two persons were arrested and a leopard skin worth around Rs 10 lakh was seized from them in neighbouring Palghar district of Maharashtra, police said Saturday. The action was taken on Friday night on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, they said.

"A police patrol team got a tip-off that some men are coming to a hotel on the highway carrying a leopard skin. The police team kept a vigil at the hotel. When the duo arrived on their bike, police frisked them and found the hide," a police official said.