Two persons were arrested for alleged possession of close to 5 kg of ganja and cash of over Rs 10 lakh in Maharashtra's Thane district on Thursday, police said.

Based on a tip-off, the police intercepted Abdul Kadar Abdul Jabbar Shaikh (46) and Akbar Hussain Abdul Aziz Shaikh (45) on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday and recovered contraband worth Rs 49,700 from them, said P B Dhole, assistant commissioner of police Bhiwandi East.