A Nepal-based drug smuggler suspected to be involved in an international smuggling ring was arrested here, a Sashastra Seema Bal officer said today.
Anup Magar (30) was arrested while he was about to cross the border to Nepal last night and 49 gram of heroine worth nearly Rs 5 lakh was seized from him, Commandant of SSB's First Battalion Shiv Dayal said.
"SSB personnel saw Magar crossing the border to Nepal last night. He was arrested. During interrogation, the accused admitted to have brought the heroin from India and disclosed his links with drug smugglers in India," Dayal said.
The SSB would take the help of Nepal Police to trace other smugglers linked to Magar in Nepal and India, Dayal said, adding that a case under different sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act was registered against the accused at Sonauli police station.
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