Uttar Pradesh: Nepalese arrested for smuggling drugs

The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) arrested a Nepalese national in Maharajganj, UP, for allegedly smuggling drugs and seized 6.4 kg charas from her possession.

Commandant of SSB's first battalion Shiv Dayal told PTI, "During a routine check by the SSB last night at Sonauli check post on the India-Nepal border, the SSB caught hold of the smuggler…During interrogation, she admitted that she had brought charas from Nepal and also disclosed her links with drug smugglers in India. The SSB will take help of Nepal Police to trace her links with other smugglers in Nepal and India."

A case has been registered under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act against the accused at Sonauli Police Station.