India News | Nepali National Held with Smack Worth Rs 75 Lakh
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A Nepali national was arrested and smack worth Rs 75 lakh was recovered from his possession in an operation conducted on the India-Nepal border under the Rupaidiha police station area here, a police official said on Sunday.
Bahraich (UP), Jun 11 (PTI) A Nepali national was arrested and smack worth Rs 75 lakh was recovered from his possession in an operation conducted on the India-Nepal border under the Rupaidiha police station area here, a police official said on Sunday.
The arrested person has been identified as Rajesh Giri, a resident of Banke district of Nepal.
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Superintendent of Police (SP) Prashant Verma on Sunday said in a joint operation conducted on Saturday by the police and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on the India-Nepal border in Rupaidiha, a suspected youth was seen coming on a motorcycle. On being stopped, and subsequently searched, 147 gram of smack was recovered from him.
The smack recovered from Giri is worth Rs 75 lakh in the international market, the SP said.
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On the basis of the interrogation of the arrested person, a hunt has been launched to nab his contacts, Verma added.
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