Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawans seized charas worth Rs one crore and arrested a smuggler on Indo-Nepal border here in East Champaran district late last night.
SSB officer Arun Kumar Singh, posted at Pantoka, said here today that 3.5 kgs of charas were seized from a person when he was searched on suspicion during special drive launched in view of Lok Sabha election.
He said that the nabbed smuggler had been identified as Gulab Mandal, a native of Ghariharwa Pokhari in Nepal`s Parsa district. The value of seized liquor was around Rs one crore.
SSB authorities handed over consignment and smuggler to Raxaul police station for further investigation. (UNI)
