Police seized ganja worth Rs 9.57 lakh from near Thane railway station but the two peddlers who were ferrying the contraband managed to escape from the spot here in Maharashtra, an official said on Friday.

The Thane city police, in a release, said an offence under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act has been registered at the Kopri police station against two unidentified persons in connection with the seizure.