On Friday, the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) seized ganja worth more than Rs 4 lakh from a man from Karnataka, a police official said. Sleuths of the ANC of the Thane police arrested a man, identified as Prakash Pawar (27), on July 3 and recovered 10.5 kgs of ganja valued at Rs 1.70 lakh from him, senior police inspector Vijay Powar said.

The police later searched his home at Bidar town in adjoining Karnataka and on Thursday seized another 15 kgs of ganja valued at Rs 2.40 lakh, he said. The value of the total ganja seizure stood at Rs 4.10 lakh, the police officer said.