Guj: Man held with Rs 1.86 lakh methamphetamine in Jamnagar

A person was Friday arrested allegedly with 74.4 grams of methamphetamine worth Rs 1.86 lakh, Jamnagar police said.

Salim Lobi was arrested from a hut on the outskirts of Khimalia village by Special Operations Group personnel of the Jamnagar police, said an official.

Apart from the contraband, Rs 79,400 in cash and a scale was also recovered from the accused, the SOG said.

Preliminary probe has revealed that Lobi was supplying drugs, acquired from a Mumbai-based man identified as Zakir, to addicts in the vicinity of Khimalia village, police said.