Nepali youth arrested with 130 gm heroin

A Nepali youth was arrested and 130 gm heroin seized from him at Dandahead check post in Sonauli area along Indo-Nepal Border here today.

Acting on a tip-off, Ramesh Kewat (25), a resident of Rupendehi district in Nepal, was arrested and the heroin worth Rs 26 lakh in international market, seized, SSB Commandant K S Bankhothi said.

During interrogation, he confessed that he was the main supplier of contraband to youths in the area, he said.