A Nepalese national was arrested on Friday with heroin from Thuthibari area on the Indo-Nepal border here by a joint team of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and police, a senior official said.
Saleem (26) was on his way to Nepal from India when he was arrested during a routine check at Bargadwa near the Indo-Nepal border and 65 grams of heroin was recovered from him, SSB Inspector B D Tripathi said.
The recovered contraband is worth Rs 65 lakh, he said.
The accused was booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, he added.
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