Kolhapur (Maharashtra), Jan 1 (IANS) Two people were arrested in early Saturday in this Maharashtra town and heroin worth Rs.1 crore was seized from them, police said.

‘Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted two men going on a motorcycle and seized around 500 gm of heroin worth Rs 1 crore,’ a Kolhapur police official said.

The two men, identified as Ravindra Yadav and Amar Mane, both around 25 years, were brought before a local court and are in police custody.

Kolhapur is around 400 km from Mumbai.