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Bengaluru, Oct 27 (PTI) Two persons were arrested for possessing 6.4 kg of ganja worth around Rs 6.46 lakh at Gadag railway station, police said on Monday.

According to the Railway Protection Force (RPF), the arrests were made on October 26 during a special drive under ‘operation NARCOS’, when RPF personnel at Gadag railway station noticed two men, both around 20 years old, sitting on platform number one with two backpacks in a suspicious manner.

On questioning, the duo revealed that they were residents of Dharwad district. A search of their bags led to the recovery of two bundles wrapped in grey and brown tape, suspected to contain dry ganja, the RPF said in a statement.

“The excise department was informed, and the excise sub-inspector of Gadag Range arrived at

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