Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu:
Two persons have been arrested near Keelakarai for allegedly trying to smuggle 'charas' worth Rs 5 lakh from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka.
The contraband was seized after the state's 'Q' branch police stopped the two persons riding a motorcycle with a 'suspicious' luggage, Kennady, 'Q' branch inspector said.
Interrogations revealed that they planned to smuggle the narcotics to Sri Lanka, he said, adding, they were remanded to custody today.