As many as five people have been arrested in Assam after nearly 2,650 kg of ganja was seized allegedly from their possession in two separate operations, the police said on Wednesday, according to the PTI.

Acting on a tip-off, the Guwahati Police intercepted an oil tanker coming from Meghalaya on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday and seized 2,640 kg of the contraband, one of the largest recoveries of the narcotics substance in recent times, a senior officer told the PTI.