The police in Maharashtra`s Palghar district have arrested two persons after recovering mephedrone, a banned drug, valued at Rs 2.96 lakh from them, an official said on Friday, reported news agency PTI.

A patrol team on Tuesday night spotted the duo, Vidaya Swapnil Sarvankar and Bharat Pradeep Joshi, moving suspiciously between Charoti and Dahanu on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway, he said.