Muzaffarnagar (UP), Aug 24 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday arrested a man at Budhana town in the district and seized opium worth Rs 3 lakh from him.

An FIR was registered against Mehmood under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 in this regard, SHO Rajive Kumar said.

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The accused was later arrested, he said.

Mehmood told the police that he brought the drug from Jharkhand.

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